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Che·ney

(chā′nē, chē′-), Richard Bruce Known as "Dick." Born 1941.

Vice president of the United States (2001-2009) under George W. Bush.

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Cheney

(ˈtʃeɪnɪ)

(Biography) Richard B(ruce), known as Dick. born 1941, US Republican politician; vice-president from 2001 to 2009

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Che•ney

(ˈtʃeɪ ni, ˈtʃi-)
n.

Richard, born 1941, U.S. politician: secretary of defense 1989–93; vice president of the U.S. since 2001.

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It was not, therefore, without reason, that the learned Dr Cheney used to call drinking punch pouring liquid fire down your throat.

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At the closed-door retreat hosted by the American Enterprise Institute on March 9 in Sea Island, Georgia, Cheney respectfully but repeatedly and firmly pressed Pence on a number of the president's foreign policy moves -- over which Cheney expressed concerns -- from taking a harder line toward U.S.

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Enzi, the conservative senator from Wyoming who is trying to fend off a carpetbagger challenge from Liz Cheney, is lucky he wasn't hunting buddies with the trigger-happy former vice president.

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In an interview on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Cheney said that he feared the Obama administration will conduct bold talks on the Iranian programme, but nothing effective will be done about it.