Cheney
Bush's second-in-command
Cheney is a surname, most prominently associated with Dick Cheney, who served as U.S.
Vice President under George W.
Bush (2001–2009) and earlier as Secretary of Defense.
His daughter Liz Cheney became notable as a Republican congresswoman who broke with her party over Donald Trump.
The name often appears in discussions of post-9/11 foreign policy, executive power, and Republican politics.
Favoring aggressive action
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- WMDCatastrophic armament category
- unilateralAffecting one side only
Rumsfeld · preemptive · intelligence · waterboarding · Guantanamo · surveillance · right-wing
Short form of Richard
- LizNickname from Elisabeth
- WyomingCowboy State
- RepublicanGOP party member
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
secretary · defense · Halliburton · Bush · GOP · House · Congress · representative
Causing sharp division
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- criticizedExpressed disapproval of
- HalliburtonOilfield services corporation
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
wiretapping · secrecy · disputed · notorious · unpopular · Iraq · deception · profiteering
Short form of Richard
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- successionFollowing in order
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- PentagonU.S. military headquarters
inauguration · administration · presidential · power · influence · heartbeat
hawkish
Favoring aggressive action
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- WMDCatastrophic armament category
unilateral · Rumsfeld · preemptive · intelligence · waterboarding · Guantanamo · surveillance · right-wing
Dick
Short form of Richard
- LizNickname from Elisabeth
- WyomingCowboy State
- RepublicanGOP party member
congressman · secretary · defense · Halliburton · Bush · GOP · House · Congress · representative · legislator
polarizing
Causing sharp division
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- criticizedExpressed disapproval of
- HalliburtonOilfield services corporation
torture · wiretapping · secrecy · disputed · notorious · unpopular · Iraq · deception · profiteering · accountability
Dick
Short form of Richard
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- successionFollowing in order
- advisorOne who gives guidance
Pentagon · inauguration · administration · presidential · power · influence · heartbeat
- RepublicansGOP, Republican, RNC, elephant, conservatives
- Spokane AreaSpokane, Deer Park, Fairfield, Rockford, Waverly
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- Divisive LeadersHitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Putin
- Nebraska NeighborhoodsBenson, Dundee, Haymarket, Bethany, Malone
CheneyRon Paul
Jimmy Carter · Rand Paul · pacifist · anti-war activist · Bernie Sanders
CheneyDonald Trump
Matt Gaetz · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Steve Bannon · MAGA · Trumpist