Loyal service under four Republican presidents and a decade of leadership in Congress brought Richard B. Cheney (born 1941) to the inner circle in President George Bush's cabinet as secretary of defense. Assuming the post in March 1989, he faced...

Cheney was one of only two US Congress members who voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. When George W Bush fingered 59-year-old Dick Cheney as his Vice-Presidential running mate, America's right-wing pundits erupted in praise....

Those of you who read James Fennimore Cooper's The Deerslayer might remember a scene in which the pioneers blast away indiscriminately at clouds of passenger pigeons, while the Deerslayer picks out one bird, shoots it, retrieves his kill for his dinner, and Deerslayer...

Some students and faculty on one of the nation's most conservative campuses want Brigham Young University to withdraw an invitation for Vice President Dick Cheney to speak at commencement later this month.Critics at the school question whether Cheney sets a good example for graduates, citing...

Hillary Clinton said it was "silly" when Barack Obama said she wanted to pursue a version of foreign diplomacy that was "Bush-Cheney lite." And in a letter she just sent out asking supporters to co-sign a petition calling on President Bush to bring home the...