Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney (Richard Bruce Cheney) "is the 46th Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush" and as such is part of the 2000-2007 US Presidential Administration.
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Cheney also served as Secretary of Defense from March 1989 to January 1993 under President George H.W. Bush, during which time he directed the US invasion of Panama and Operation Desert Storm.
"In the private sector, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Energy Services; he is still a major stockholder." [W]
Reference
- Wikipedia
- Wikinews: Dick Cheney category
News
- 2006-11-05 Cheney Would “Probably Not” Appear If Subpoenaed: it's not just the presidency being placed above the law, it's the vice-presidency as well
- 2005-10 Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3000 Percent (in 2004) by John Byrne (reprinted from Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 #24]
Quotes about
"It was Cheney who directed Halliburton toward aggressive business dealings with Iran – in violation of U.S. law – in the mid-1990s, which continued through 2005 and is the reason Iran has the capability to enrich weapons-grade uranium. It was Halliburton’s secret sale of centrifuges to Iran that helped get the uranium enrichment program off the ground, according to a three-year investigation that includes interviews conducted with more than a dozen current and former Halliburton employees. If the U.S. ends up engaged in a war with Iran in the future, Cheney and Halliburton will bear the brunt of the blame." [1] (item #2, "update by Jason Leopold" section)