may give the impression that it's my words; however, it is taken directly from the Cheney page at awolbush.com, an excellent site ("build it and they will come").
Looking around a little further I came across this site which has a very useful Cheney timeline:
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/dick-cheney/To wit:
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Nov 1962
Dick Cheney arrested for drunk driving.
1963
Dick Cheney arrested for drunk driving, again.
1963
Drops out of Yale.
29 Aug 1964
Marries high school sweetheart Lynne Anne Vincent.
1965
Graduated University of Wyoming.
Oct 1965
Selective Service subjects married men without children to the draft.
1965
Seeks a 3-A deferment (has dependents) when Lynne is ten weeks pregnant.
28 Jul 1966
First child born, nine months and two days after Selective Service announced that married men without children were
subject to the draft. Whew, that was close.
Nov 1975
Appointed Gerald Ford's White House Chief of Staff, a position he holds for two years.
1977
Elected six times to the House of Representatives for Wyoming's only seat.
1978
Dick Cheney suffers a heart attack.
1984
Dick Cheney suffers a heart attack.
1988
Dick Cheney suffers a heart attack.
Aug 1988
Dick Cheney undergoes quadruple heart bypass surgery.
1988
Elected House Minority Whip.
1989
"I had other priorities in the '60s than military service."
Mar 1989
Dick Cheney appointed George HW Bush's Secretary of Defense, where he presided over the Operation Just Cause
(the invasion of Panama) and Operation Desert Storm.
1991
Pete Williams, Cheney's assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, outed by Advocate cover story as homosexual.
Jun 1999
Daughter Mary Cheney: "The reason I came to work here
is because I knew several other lesbians
who were very happy here." Cheney was then Coors' liaison to the gay community. Interview by lesbian magazine
Girlfriends
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23 Jun 1998
"The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the
United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all things considered, one would not normally choose
to go. But, we go where the business is." Speech, Cato Institute.
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30 Jul 2000
In response to a query from Cokie Roberts about Cheney's lesbian daughter, Lynne Cheney retorts: "Mary has never
declared such a thing. I have two wonderful daughters. I love them very much. They are bright. They are hard working.
They are decent. And I simply am not going to talk about their personal lives. And I'm surprised, Cokie, that even you
would want to bring it up." ABC This Week.
22 Nov 2000
Vice President-elect Dick Cheney suffers a heart attack.
22 Nov 2000
"Dick Cheney is healthy. He did not have a heart attack." George W Bush, spoken after Cheney was hospitalized earlier
that day for a heart attack.
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LOL! Et tu, Cokie. LOL!