Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney, as he is called, is the 46th and the present Vice President of the United States of America and is in official position next to the President George W. Bush. Prior to this very apointment he served as the White House Chief of Staff, as the member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming and also the Secretary of Defense. Not only in the sphere of public sector he has also excelled in the private sector too. In the private sector, he was the Chairman and Chif Executive Officer of Halliburton Energy Services, where he is still a major stockholder. It was on June 29, 2002 he briefly assumed the powers and duties of the Presidency as the Acting President when Mr. Bush was underwent a medical exam that involved anesthesia.
In his youth he was a supporter of the Vietnam War but however he did not serve in the war, applying for and receiving five draft deferments. When asked in the later period of his integrity to the nation of USA and also of his strange absence in the Vietnam War he stepped aside and avoided the questions citing his more important other priorities in the '60s than military service. His political career began in 1969 as an intern at the time of the Nixon administration. It was followed by the joining of Chiney in the staff of Donald Rumsfield, who ws then the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1969–70. In the following years he held a number of designations that include White House Staff Assistant in 1971, Assistant Director of the Cost of Living Council from 1971–73, and Deputy Assistant to the President from 1974–1975. In the private sector he was also able to prove his marvel and from 1973–1974, he worked in the private sector as The Vice President of Bradley, Woods and Company, a renowned investment firm. The same was visible in his experiment with the designation of Vice President. He was soon found taking a n active role in cabinet meetings and policy formation. He is often described as the most active and powerful Vice President in recent years.
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