Dick Cheney

June 26, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC - Editorial boards around the country are echoing the sentiments of the American people—they've had enough of the culture of corruption and lawlessness promoted by the Bush-Cheney White House. Vice President Cheney's most recent assertion that his office is not a part of the executive branch in order to skirt archiving regulations is only the latest example of the Republican Administration manipulating the law and our government to put partisan and ideological goals above the best interests of the American people.    » read more »

June 21, 2007 -- The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not an “entity within the executive branch.”    » read more »

June 22, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement today following news that Vice President Cheney, over the objections of the National Archives, exempted his office from a presidential order establishing a standard procedure for safeguarding classified national security information:

“Once again, Dick Cheney and the Bush White House think the rules don’t apply to them. There seems to be no limit to the lengths the Bush Administration will go to hide from public scrutiny.    » read more »

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, to be observed on 26 June:

The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is an occasion to highlight the unambiguous and absolute prohibition on torture and all forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. It is also an opportunity to express solidarity with the suffering of torture victims and their families, and to reaffirm the need for a global commitment to rehabilitate all victims of all such abuse.    » read more »

June 5, 2007 -- Dick Cheney issued the following statement today:

"Scooter has dedicated much of his life to public service at the State Department, the Department of Defense and the White House. In each of these assignments he has served the nation tirelessly and with great distinction.

I relied on him heavily in my capacity as Secretary of Defense and as Vice President.

I have always considered him to be a man of the highest intellect, judgment and personal integrity-a man fully committed to protecting the vital security interests of the United States and its citizens.    » read more »

June 3, 2007 -- Douglas, Wyoming -- THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Ron, and thank you for that warm welcome. It's great to be home again, back at Boys State -- 49 years since I sat where you sat. But I couldn't resist the invitation to come down and spend a little bit of time with you all today. It seemed like a good idea. And I'm delighted that I did.    » read more »

5/14/2007 -- USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea (NNS) -- Vice Adm. Kevin J. Cosgriff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet briefed Vice President Dick Cheney on U.S. and coalition operations in the Middle East May 11 during the vice president’s visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), underway in the Persian Gulf.

Vice President Cheney is currently on a tour of the Middle East to meet with Arab leaders and U.S. service members.    » read more »

5/11/2007 -- USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea (NNS) -- Vice President Dick Cheney visited the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while underway in the Persian Gulf to meet with more than 5,000 Sailors and Marines on May 11.

Cheney's visit to Stennis came during his visit to the Middle east in which he met with leaders of several nations and with U.S. troops and their commanders in the Persian Gulf region. He came aboard Stennis to personally acknowledge contributions to ongoing operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and maritime security operations (MSO) in the region.    » read more »

May 10, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following response to Vice President Dick Cheney’s press conference in Iraq:    » read more »

May 9, 2007 -- THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, I have enjoyed a good meeting with the Prime Minister this morning. We've talked about a wide range of issues here in Iraq as well as the region, focusing of course on things like the Baghdad security plan, ongoing operations against terrorists, as well as the political and economic issues that are before the Iraqi government.    » read more »

09 May 2007 -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was in Baghdad on Wednesday, where he said Iraqi officials are showing a greater sense of urgency in reconciling political divisions. In Irbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdistan region, a rare suicide bomb attack killed 14 people and wounded 87 others. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Irbil.

Vice President Cheney's unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital comes as the government's political divisions have drawn criticism from U.S. lawmakers.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2007 – After meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders in Baghdad today, Vice President Richard B. Cheney said he noticed “a greater sense of urgency now than I’d seen previously” on the part of those leaders to meet their obligations toward continuing the country’s progress.

Cheney stopped in Baghdad for a previously unannounced visit to kick off a weeklong tour of the Middle East that will also include stops in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan.    » read more »

Senator Reid is right to insist that we change the mission for our troops in Iraq and set a target date to bring them home --- the American people agree.

April 24, 2007 -- (as prepared for delivery) -- Mr. President, just a few minutes ago, Vice President Cheney attacked the Senate Majority leader on Iraq. He accused him of making “uninformed and misleading” statements, of defeatism, and of playing politics with the war.    » read more »

April 24, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C.— Jim Manley, Spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, released the following statement today after comments made by Vice President Dick Cheney:

Vice President Cheney should be the last person to lecture anyone on how leaders should make decisions.

Leaders should make decisions based on facts and reality, two words that seem to be foreign to the Vice President    » read more »