By Stephen F. Hayes
ISBN-10: 0060723467
ISBN-13: 9780060723460
ISBN-10: 0061337013
ISBN-13: 9780061337017
In the course of a forty-year occupation in politics, vp Dick Cheney has been interested by probably the most consequential judgements in contemporary American heritage. He used to be considered one of a number of choose advisers within the room while President Gerald Ford made up our minds to claim an finish to the Vietnam battle. approximately thirty years later, from the presidential bunker lower than the White condominium within the moments instantly following the assaults of September eleven, 2001, he assisted in shaping the reaction: America's international battle on terror. but for all of his impact, the area is familiar with little or no approximately Dick Cheney. the main strong vice chairman in U.S. background has additionally been the main secretive and protected of all public officers. "Am I the evil genius within the nook that no-one ever sees pop out of his hole?" Cheney requested rhetorically in 2004. "It's a pleasant method to function, actually." Now, in Cheney: The Untold tale of America's strongest and arguable vp, ny instances bestselling writer and Weekly commonplace senior author Stephen F. Hayes bargains readers a groundbreaking view into the area of this such a lot enigmatic guy. Having had particular entry to Cheney himself, Hayes attracts upon hundreds and hundreds of interviews with the vp, his boyhood pals, political mentors, relations, reticent staffers, and senior Bush management officers, to carry a finished portrait of 1 of crucial political figures nowa days. the wide variety of issues Hayes covers contains Cheney's withdrawal from Yale; his early run-ins with the legislations; the incident that just about obtained him blackballed from operating within the Ford White condo; his meteoric upward thrust to congressional management; his competition to removal Saddam Hussein from energy after the 1st Gulf struggle; the solo, cross-country force he took after leaving the Pentagon; his choice as Bush's operating mate; his commanding functionality on 11th of September; the competitive intelligence and interrogation measures he driven within the aftermath of these assaults; the need of the Iraq conflict; the implications of blunders made in the course of and after that warfare; and intelligence battles with the CIA and their lasting results. With exhaustive reporting, Hayes shines a gentle into the shadows of the Bush management and reveals a truly diversified Dick Cheney from the single the USA thinks it is aware.
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So Stroock turned his attention to Cheney and Fake. Cheney hadn’t given much thought to college. His father had attended college only briefly, before his family’s financial difficulties forced him to drop out and get a job. The younger Dick Cheney always assumed that he would go to college, but had made no real plans to do so. Still, he recognized that he’d been presented with an excellent opportunity. Assured of admission by Stroock, Cheney didn’t bother applying to another school. Although the recommendation from Stroock was decisive, Cheney’s high school record made its own case.
The Republicans, who controlled the state senate, agreed to take Cheney, the last man standing, as their intern. ”27 His parents had been Democrats and if the other intern had been a strong Republican, Cheney would gladly have worked for the Democrats. In essence, Cheney became a Republican by accident. Following his internship, Cheney wrote an essay on the experience that won a national prize—the Borden Award—from the group that sponsored the internship. Although he had done well in the classroom, this outside recognition caught the attention of his professors.
High school football in Wyoming was a serious commitment. In addition to two-a-day preseason workouts and daily practices after school, the boys traveled across four states to play their games. Among their regular opponents were high schools in Rapid City, South Dakota (326 miles); and Scotts Bluff, Nebraska (175 miles). To get to Friday-night games in Grand Junction, Colorado, 392 miles away, the boys boarded buses on Thursday morning and returned to Casper late on Saturday. Natrona County High School itself drew students from hundreds of miles away.
Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President by Stephen F. Hayes
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