Dick Cheney

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Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney
Dick Cheney

Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 20, 2001
President George W. Bush
Preceded by Albert Gore, Jr.
Succeeded by Incumbent

Born January 30, 1941
Lincoln, Nebraska
Political party Republican
Spouse Lynne Cheney
Religion Methodist

Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is the current Vice President of the United States of America. A Republican, he ran in the 2000 US Presidential Election with George W. Bush, and successfully won re-election in the 2004 US Presidential Election. Cheney is from Wyoming and an active hunter. He once shot his friend in a mistake. He has said he will not run for President in 2008. Cheney is popular among the Bush family, and served in the George H.W Bush administration from 1989-1993 as a cabinet member. Cheney is the head of the Senate and has cast six tie-breaking votes.'


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