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Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with newly-elected President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan before departing Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney flew to Afghanistan to attend the historic swearing-in ceremony of President Karzai.
Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with newly-elected President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan before departing Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney flew to Afghanistan to attend the historic swearing-in ceremony of President Karzai.
Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney visit the 212th M.A.S.H.(Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) Unit run by the U.S. military in a mountainous area near the earthquake's epicenter, 65 miles northwest of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday Dec. 20, 2005. During the visit the Vice President said he was "impressed with what we've been able to do with our M.A.S.H. units. U.S. forces were able to move quickly into the area. We were here within 48 hours and we've been here ever since." Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney greet Pakistani patients awaiting care at the 212th M.A.S.H. Unit near the earthquake's epicenter Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005.
Mrs. Lynne Cheney meets with Mrs. Schbe Musharraf, wife of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, in Islamabad, Pakistan December 20, 2005. The Vice President and Mrs. Cheney visited Pakistan to discuss US relief efforts and survey the damage following the 7.6 magnitude earthquake of October 8, 2005. The quake occurred in one of the most mountainous and inaccessible regions of Pakistan, took more than 73,000 lives and left 2.8 million people homeless. As of December 2005 the US had responded to the disaster by providing winterized shelter for over 31,000 families and pledging a total of $510 million in relief and reconstruction efforts. Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney participate in a Wreath Laying Ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem in Israel March 18.
Two children greet Vice Present Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney with bouquets of flowers upon their arrival at Dasman Palace in Kuwait City, Kuwait, March 18. Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney greet King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 16.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney tour Winston Churchill's Cabinet War Room in London March 11, 2002. Sitting at the center chair in this underground bunker, Prime Minister Churchill met with his advisors and commanded England's forces. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the Prime Minister took a risky journey to meet with President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., and address Congress Dec. 26, 1941. The two leaders worked closely throughout the war, often in secret, to coordinate Allied Forces. Students at Vincenza Elementary School listen as Lynne Cheney reads her book "America: A Patriotic Primer" during her visit to Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, Jan. 27, 2004.
Lynne Cheney greets a young girl while visiting the U.S. Embassy in Rome Jan. 27, 2004. The visit concludes a five-day trip to Switzerland and Italy by Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney. White House photo by David Bohrer. Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, meet His Holiness Pope John Paul II in the Vatican in Rome Jan. 27, 2004. The visit was part of a five-day trip through Switzerland and Italy for consultations with European allies on national security and economic matters
Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney tour Rome’s Palazzo Colonna Jan. 25, 2004. The palace, built in the early 15th century by Pope Martin Colonna, contains masterpieces by Italian artists created between the 15th and 18th centuries. After attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney arrive in Rome Jan. 24, 2004.
Vice President Dick Cheney places a rose on the grave of Wyoming solider Sgt. John Vannoy while touring the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery with his wife, Lynne, in Nettuno, Italy Jan. 26, 2004. The cemetery inters those who gave their life for the liberation of Italy during World War II. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel and his wife Marion Wiesel talk with Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney during a reception for holocaust survivors at the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 26, 2005. The Wiesel's, holocaust survivors themselves, were part of a United States delegation to Poland, led by Vice President Cheney to take part in ceremonies commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camps. White House photo by David Bohrer
Lynne Cheney walks with Mrs. Viktor Yushchenko during a meeting in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 26, 2005. White House photo by David Bohrer During a meeting at the Imperial Palace, Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Cheney talk with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in Tokyo April 13, 2004.
Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Cheney depart Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, April 16, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, attend the swearing-in ceremony for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at Salaam Khana in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2004. President Karzai is Afghanistan.s first democratically-elected president in Afghanistan's history. Also pictured, from left back, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Afghanistan Vice President Hedayat Amin Arsala, left front; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, right.
Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with newly-elected President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan before departing Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2004. Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney flew to Afghanistan to attend the historic swearing-in ceremony of President Karzai. Prior to the inauguration of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, second on left, attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2004.

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