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Richard B. Cheney: Inside the Vice President's Office

Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush joke with each other after a meeting in the Oval Office Jan. 24, 2002. Vice President Dick Cheney holds a pre-dawn briefing in his car outside the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building Jan 23, 2002. Vice President Dick Cheney discusses environmental issues with British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott Feb. 14, 2002. Vice President Dick Cheney attends a meeting with National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice (right), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (middle left) and Secretary of State Colin Powell (left) in Dr. Rice's office. Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice talk in the Red Room Feb. 13, 2002.
Immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney and senior staff gathered in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. White House staff collected and discussed information as the day unfolded, and they kept in contact with the President. Photographed are Counselor Karen Hughes (seated left), National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice (seated right), Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Bolten (far left), Director of Media Affairs Tucker Eskew, Assistant to the President Nick Calio, Counselor to the Vice President Mary Matalin, Chief of Staff for the Vice President Lewis Libby, and Director of the National Economic Council Larry Lindsey (right). Guided by then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (center), Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney tour ground zero and talk with rescue workers in New York City Oct. 18, 2001. "The people of New York have seen appalling tragedy and suffering. This afternoon I was at ground zero and I saw the damage at close range. It is staggering; almost beyond a person's ability to describe," the Vice President said at the 56th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. Vice President Dick Cheney looks out the window of Marine Two, the Vice President's helicopter, as he returns to the White House from an undisclosed location Sept. 12, 2001. Vice President Dick Cheney speaks to troops at Miramar Marine Air Station Feb. 18, 2002. "We are in a struggle for freedom and for security for the American people. And let there be no doubt, the forces of freedom will defeat the forces of terror," said the Vice President. Children put their warm greetings into cool words for Vice President Dick Cheney as he disembarks from Air Force Two Feb. 20, 2002.
 
One of Vice President Cheney's primary duties is to share with individuals, members of Congress and foreign leaders, President Bush's vision to strengthen our economy, secure our homeland and win the war on terrorism. In his official role as President of the Senate, Vice President Cheney regularly goes to Capital Hill to meet with Senators and members of the House of Representatives to work on the Administration's legislative goals. In his travels as Vice President, he has seen first hand the great demands the war on terrorism is placing on the men and women of our military, and he is proud of the tremendous job they are doing for the United States of America.

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