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Cheney to be Bush's running mate again
Cheney to be Bush running mate
US Vice President **** Cheney has agreed to be President George W Bush's running mate in the 2004 elections, despite a history of heart trouble.
"The president has asked me if I would serve again as his running mate. I've agreed to do that," he told The Dallas Morning News.
Mr Cheney has been a leading hawk on Iraq and is one of Mr Bush's closest advisers.
He has had four heart attacks - the most recent in 2000 - but he insisted that past health problems would not deter him from running for re-election.
"Everything is fine," he said. "If I ran into problems where I felt I couldn't serve, I'd be the first to say so and step down."
Mr Cheney, 61, underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1988.
"I've got a doc with me 24 hours a day, who watches me very carefully," he said.
Halliburton role
He said he did not know when Mr Bush would officially announce his bid for re-election.
CAREER MILESTONES
1969: Political staffer, Nixon administration
1975-77: Chief of Staff to Gerald Ford
1978-89: Congressman
1989-93: Defence Secretary
2001: Vice President
Mr Cheney's business connections are under scrutiny as the Securities and Exchange Commission investigates accounting practices at the oil services firm Halliburton, where he was formerly chief executive officer.
Halliburton's role in post-war Iraq has now been expanded to include operating Iraqi oilfields.
Previously, the US Army Corps of Engineers had described the contract given to Halliburton - run by Mr Cheney between 1995 and 2000 - as putting out fires at oil wells during the conflict.
Analysts say that in foreign affairs, Mr Cheney has been the main White House bridge between the Pentagon and the State Department - although he is thought to lean more towards the Pentagon.
Aide to Bush senior
As defence secretary under George Bush senior, he planned and co-ordinated the 1991 campaign along with Colin Powell, now secretary of state.
He later left the political limelight to run Halliburton between 1995 and 2000.
On returning to politics, he was charged with developing a national energy policy as the head of an Energy Task Force commissioned by the president.
Born in Nebraska, Mr Cheney grew up in Casper, Wyoming. He won a scholarship to Yale but dropped out after a few terms and returned to Wyoming.
Mr Cheney later returned to college to get a masters at the University of Wyoming.
He became a political staffer in 1969, and six years later was appointed chief of staff in President Gerald Ford's White House - at the age of 34 he was the youngest person to have held the position.
His career then took him to Congress, where he became a staunch Reagan supporter before taking the job of defence secretary under George Bush senior.
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2003/05/07 14:46:39
US Vice President **** Cheney has agreed to be President George W Bush's running mate in the 2004 elections, despite a history of heart trouble.
"The president has asked me if I would serve again as his running mate. I've agreed to do that," he told The Dallas Morning News.
Mr Cheney has been a leading hawk on Iraq and is one of Mr Bush's closest advisers.
He has had four heart attacks - the most recent in 2000 - but he insisted that past health problems would not deter him from running for re-election.
"Everything is fine," he said. "If I ran into problems where I felt I couldn't serve, I'd be the first to say so and step down."
Mr Cheney, 61, underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 1988.
"I've got a doc with me 24 hours a day, who watches me very carefully," he said.
Halliburton role
He said he did not know when Mr Bush would officially announce his bid for re-election.
CAREER MILESTONES
1969: Political staffer, Nixon administration
1975-77: Chief of Staff to Gerald Ford
1978-89: Congressman
1989-93: Defence Secretary
2001: Vice President
Mr Cheney's business connections are under scrutiny as the Securities and Exchange Commission investigates accounting practices at the oil services firm Halliburton, where he was formerly chief executive officer.
Halliburton's role in post-war Iraq has now been expanded to include operating Iraqi oilfields.
Previously, the US Army Corps of Engineers had described the contract given to Halliburton - run by Mr Cheney between 1995 and 2000 - as putting out fires at oil wells during the conflict.
Analysts say that in foreign affairs, Mr Cheney has been the main White House bridge between the Pentagon and the State Department - although he is thought to lean more towards the Pentagon.
Aide to Bush senior
As defence secretary under George Bush senior, he planned and co-ordinated the 1991 campaign along with Colin Powell, now secretary of state.
He later left the political limelight to run Halliburton between 1995 and 2000.
On returning to politics, he was charged with developing a national energy policy as the head of an Energy Task Force commissioned by the president.
Born in Nebraska, Mr Cheney grew up in Casper, Wyoming. He won a scholarship to Yale but dropped out after a few terms and returned to Wyoming.
Mr Cheney later returned to college to get a masters at the University of Wyoming.
He became a political staffer in 1969, and six years later was appointed chief of staff in President Gerald Ford's White House - at the age of 34 he was the youngest person to have held the position.
His career then took him to Congress, where he became a staunch Reagan supporter before taking the job of defence secretary under George Bush senior.
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2003/05/07 14:46:39
But yeah, it's more like the RR spike. And not liking Bush doesn't automatically make you a liberal.
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