Vice presidents

April 20, 2008 -- JFK Airport -- New York, New York -- DICK CHENEY: Your Holiness, President and Senator Clinton, Your Eminences Cardinal Bertoni and Cardinal Egan, Your Excellency Bishop DiMarzio, clergy and religious, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen, good evening.

Anti-Cheney bumper sticker: Photo by futureatlas (CC)

It's a privilege to join all of you as our esteemed visitor, the Holy Father, concludes his visit to the United States. It has been a memorable week, and Pope Benedict XVI has stepped into the history of our country in a very special way.    » read more »

April 11, 2008 -- Vice President and Mrs. Cheney filed their federal income tax return for 2007 today.

The income tax return shows that the Cheneys owe federal taxes for 2007 of $602,651 on taxable income of $2,528,068. During the course of 2007 the Cheneys paid $466,165 in taxes through withholding and estimated tax payments, and will pay the remaining $136,486 upon filing their tax return.

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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 »

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 »

Biography of Vice President Al Gore (1993-2001)

Presidency of William Clinton

–Vice President Al Gore at the time of the President Clinton’s impeachment.    » read more »

Biography of Vice President Dan Quayle (1989-1993)

Presidency of George H.W. Bush

The essence of the vice presidency is preparedness. —Vice President Dan Quayle    » read more »

Biography of Vice President Walter F. Mondale (1977-1981)

Presidency of Jimmy Carter