Cheney defends hardline White House role
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended his lightning-rod role as a leading advocate for invading Iraq, for a warrantless surveillance program and for harsh treatment of suspected terrorists.
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Vice President Dick Cheney, pursuing Republican votes in a reliably Democratic state, said Monday that Sen. John Kerry's view of terrorism reflects a naivete and an inability to recognize the seriousness of the threat.
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Dick Cheney worked behind a veil of secrecy to become one of the most powerful vice presidents, regarded as a driving force behind the Iraq war and the Bush administration's industry-friendly energy policy.
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday  categorically ruled out a run for the White House in 2008, even  if asked by the Republican president who recruited him back  into government.
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Vice President Dick Cheney led the Republican convention's most stinging assault against Democrat John Kerry on Wednesday, depicting him as a weak and indecisive leader who was unfit to be commander in chief.
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Vice President Dick Cheney challenged lawmakers Monday to prove their support for U.S. troops and the war on terrorism by approving the Bush administration's requests for financing military action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Vice President Dick Cheney accused John Kerry on Wednesday night of a dangerous "habit of indecision" hardly befitting a commander-in-chief. President Bush, he said, has led with strength and conviction.
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Amid new questions about the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney attacked rival John Kerry's record on national security Monday as misguided and misleading.
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Dick Cheney worked behind a veil of secrecy to become one of the most powerful vice presidents, regarded as a driving force behind the Iraq war and the Bush administration&#39;s industry-friendly energy policy.
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday echoed President Bush's latest sharp challenge of Sen. John Kerry's fitness to serve as commander in chief as the Republican No. 2 basked in approval from GOP supporters cheered by his debate performance.
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Vice President Dick Cheney reaffirmed the Bush administration's commitment to the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq during a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier Wednesday, saying "the American people will not support a policy of retreat."
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Mistrustful of North Korea and its willingness to keep promises, Vice President Cheney worked hard in President Bush's first term to prevent talks aimed at halting that country's push to develop a nuclear bomb. At one point three years ago, he even bypassed the State Department to intervene in...
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Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff lied to investigators about his role in leaking a CIA officer's identity in order to keep his job and protect the White House from political embarrassment, prosecutors told jurors yesterday in the closing arguments of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury...
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After a broad overhaul was urged, officials often led by Vice President Cheney were pitted against officials in the State and Defense departments.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that he has no confidence in Democratic Sen. John Kerry to be a strong commander in chief capable of hunting down terrorists.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday the United States needed to act in Iraq, and he questioned whether John Kerry would have the commitment or judgment to make such decisions.
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The White House offered support on Wednesday for Vice President Dick Cheney, a powerful proponent of the Iraq war, after the conviction of his top aide dealt a fresh blow to Cheney's political reputation and raised new questions about his influence.