United States Secretaries of Defense - United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, George Marshall, Robert McNamara, Melvin R. Laird (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, George Marshall, Robert McNamara, Melvin R. Laird, Clark Clifford, William Perry, Caspar Weinberger, Dick Cheney, Robert Gates, James Forrestal, William Cohen, Louis A. Johnson, James R. Schlesinger, Les Aspin, Harold Brown, Elliot Richardson, Charles Erwin Wilson, Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Robert A. Lovett, Neil H. McElroy, Frank Carlucci, List of United States Secretaries of Defense by time in office. Excerpt: Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States (2001-2009), under George W. Bush. Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, but was primarily raised in Sumner, Nebraska and Casper, Wyoming. He began his political career as an intern for Congressman William A. Steiger, eventually working his way into the White House during the Nixon and Ford administrations, where he served the latter as White House Chief of Staff. In 1978, Cheney was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming; he was reelected five times, eventually becoming House Minority Whip. Cheney was selected to be the Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, holding the position for the majority of Bush's term. During this time, Cheney oversaw the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, among other actions. Out of office during the Clinton presidency, Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000. Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Marjorie Lorraine (nee Dickey) and Richard Herbert Cheney. He is of predominantly English and Welsh ancestry; Cheney's 8th great-grandfather, William Cheney immigrated from England to Massachusetts in the 17th century. Although not a direct descendant, he is collaterally related to Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815-1895), the early American expressman. Cheney is...