Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States under George W.
Bush from 2001 to 2009, widely regarded as one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history.
Previously Secretary of Defense under George H.W.
Bush, he was a central architect of the Iraq War and advocate for expanded executive power.
His name often evokes debates about enhanced interrogation, energy policy, and the war on terror: The administration had a real Dick Cheney approach to civil liberties.
Controlled asphyxiation interrogation technique
- GuantanamoUS base in Cuba
- enhanced interrogationEuphemism for abusive questioning
- HalliburtonOilfield services corporation
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
torture · wiretapping · Abu Ghraib · executive privilege · war profiteering · rendition
Cowboy State
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- Secretary of DefenseCabinet head over military
- chief of staffHighest-ranking administrative assistant
- Gulf War1991 Kuwait liberation
Pentagon · minority whip · Nixon · Reagan · Gerald Ford · Donald Rumsfeld · Liz Cheney · heart surgery
American political surname
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- West WingPresidential office area
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
second-in-command · succession · transition · recount · Florida · Gore · Edwards
Pro-force national policy
- interventionismPolicy of deliberate involvement
- hardlinerStrict policy advocate
- war hawkProponent of military action
- defenseProtection against harm
military-industrial complex · national security · counterterrorism · September 11 · intelligence · surveillance · Patriot Act · enemy combatant
Acting without international cooperation
- preemptionActing to prevent another's action
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
- Bush DoctrinePost-9/11 foreign policy stance
Rumsfeld · American exceptionalism · hard power · WMDs · axis of evil · Iraq invasion · shock and awe · coalition of the willing
waterboarding
Controlled asphyxiation interrogation technique
- GuantanamoUS base in Cuba
- enhanced interrogationEuphemism for abusive questioning
- HalliburtonOilfield services corporation
Iraq War · torture · wiretapping · Abu Ghraib · executive privilege · war profiteering · rendition
Wyoming
Cowboy State
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- Secretary of DefenseCabinet head over military
- chief of staffHighest-ranking administrative assistant
Gulf War · Pentagon · minority whip · Nixon · Reagan · Gerald Ford · Donald Rumsfeld · Liz Cheney · heart surgery · pacemaker
Bush
American political surname
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- West WingPresidential office area
executive branch · second-in-command · succession · transition · recount · Florida · Gore · Edwards
militarism
Pro-force national policy
- interventionismPolicy of deliberate involvement
- hardlinerStrict policy advocate
- war hawkProponent of military action
defense · military-industrial complex · national security · counterterrorism · September 11 · intelligence · surveillance · Patriot Act · enemy combatant · indefinite detention
unilateralism
Acting without international cooperation
- preemptionActing to prevent another's action
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
Bush Doctrine · Rumsfeld · American exceptionalism · hard power · WMDs · axis of evil · Iraq invasion · shock and awe · coalition of the willing · mushroom cloud
- Defense SecretariesDonald Rumsfeld
- VeepsJoe Biden, Kamala Harris, Al Gore, Mike Pence, Gerald Ford
- Yale AlumniBill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John Kerry
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- 2000 ElectionFlorida recount, hanging chads, Bush v. Gore, Al Gore, George W. Bush
- Bush 41Barbara Bush, Dan Quayle, Gulf War, Desert Storm, read my lips
Dick CheneyBernie Sanders
Ron Paul · Ralph Nader · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · Noam Chomsky · Elizabeth Warren
Dick CheneyRon Paul
Jimmy Carter · Mahatma Gandhi · Bernie Sanders · Kofi Annan · Desmond Tutu