Richard B. Cheney

(1941- ) born in Lincoln. Politician, businessman, financial consultant, served as U.S. Congressman from Wyoming, and as U.S. Secretary of Defense, and elected U.S. Vice President in 2000 and in 2004; recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991, appeared on cover of Time, November 12, 1990 and U.S. News & World Report, March 25, 2002. Consult Omaha World Herald, July 25, 2000, pp. 1, 6 and Current Biography (2002) 87-92 and Lincoln Journal Star, July 10, 2003, pp. A-1, A-2 and June 19, 2004, pp. A-1, A-6 and Omaha World Herald, September 2, 2004, p. A-9.

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