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Vice President of the United States - Richard B. Cheney

          July 2006

Vice President Dick Cheney pins the Purple Heart Medal onto Master Sergeant Henry G. Christle, Jr., Monday, July 10, 2006, during a rally for the Michigan National Guard and Joint Services at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, Mich. Master Sergeant Christle was wounded in action on March 23, 2004 while serving as a Special Operations Weather Team Forecaster and Observer assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force 180, Afghanistan.
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Vice President Dick Cheney pins the Purple Heart Medal onto Master Sergeant Henry G. Christle, Jr., Monday, July 10, 2006, during a rally for the Michigan National Guard and Joint Services at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, Mich. Master Sergeant Christle was wounded in action on March 23, 2004 while serving as a Special Operations Weather Team Forecaster and Observer assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force 180, Afghanistan.
The motorcade of Vice President Dick Cheney takes a lap around the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla., Saturday, July 1, 2006, before the start of the 2006 Pepsi 400 NASCAR race. Vice President Dick Cheney watches the 2006 Pepsi 400 NASCAR race Saturday, July 1, 2006, from the infield at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla.
Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Chris Myers, left, and Jeff Hammond, center, of Fox Sports Network, Saturday, July 1, 2006, during a live TV interview held during the 2006 Pepsi 400 NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla. Vice President Dick Cheney joins NASCAR drivers during the playing of the National Anthem Saturday, July 1, 2006, prior to the start of the 2006 Pepsi 400 NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla.
Vice President Dick Cheney is shown the National Guard NASCAR racing car by former NASCAR driver and Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip Saturday, July 1, 2006, prior to the start of the 2006 Pepsi 400 race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla. Vice President Dick Cheney meets members of the U.S. ARMY NASCAR racing team Saturday, July 1, 2006, while attending the 2006 Pepsi 400 NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla.
The motorcade of Vice President Dick Cheney takes a lap around the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla., Saturday, July 1, 2006, as the Vice President arrived to attend the 2006 Pepsi 400 NASCAR race. Vice President Dick Cheney meets with Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Sfeir, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 in the West Wing at the White House.
Soldiers from the Iowa Air and Army National Guard listen as Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks, Monday, July 17, 2006, at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa. Camp Dodge, home of the National Maintenance Training Center, trains all of the Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve maintenance companies in the United States. Vice President Dick Cheney addresses troops and families from the Iowa Air and Army National Guard, Monday, July 17, 2006, at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa. During his remarks the Vice President thanked the troops for their efforts in the global war on terror. Approximately 7,500 soldiers from the Iowa Army and Air National Guard have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Today Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Mrs. Lynne Cheney welcomed their fifth grandchild, Richard Jonathan Perry. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was born at 11:19 a.m. at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2006. His parents are Liz Cheney and Phil Perry, the daughter and son-in-law of the Cheneys. Vice President Dick Cheney pins the Purple Heart Medal onto Master Sergeant Henry G. Christle, Jr., Monday, July 10, 2006, during a rally for the Michigan National Guard and Joint Services at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, Mich. Master Sergeant Christle was wounded in action on March 23, 2004 while serving as a Special Operations Weather Team Forecaster and Observer assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force 180, Afghanistan.
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks to sailors and Marines, Friday, July 7, 2006, aboard the Amphibious Assault ship USS Wasp docked at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. "All around us today are the signs of American sea power- a fleet like none that has ever sailed before, a Navy and Marine Corps that uphold noble traditions, and a flag that stands for freedom, for human rights, and for stability in a turbulent world," said Vice President Cheney. Vice President Dick Cheney tours the “Warriors Walk,” a living memorial of Eastern Redbud trees dedicated to the fallen soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of his visit to Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, July 21, 2006.
Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands and poses for photographs with soldiers from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division during a rally at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, July 21, 2006. Vice President Dick Cheney administers the Ceremonial Oath of Re-enlistment of Corporal Jarrod Fields, at a rally for the troops at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, July 21, 2006. Cpl. Fields was wounded by an improvised explosive device in 2005 while serving in Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division.
Soldiers applaud Vice President Dick Cheney as he delivers his remarks at a rally at Fort Stewart, Ga., Friday, July 21, 2006. During his address the Vice President recognized the Georgia National Guard’s 48th Brigade Combat Team who returned to Fort Stewart in May after serving one year in Iraq. While based in Baghdad the 48th Brigade Combat Team trained the Iraqi Security Force’s 4th Army Brigade. Vice President Dick Cheney addresses over 10,000 troops from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and the Georgia National Guard’s 48th Brigade Combat Team, Friday, July 21, 2006 at Fort Stewart, Ga. The Vice President thanked the soldiers for their service in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks, Friday, July 21, 2006, during a visit to Fort Stewart, Ga., home of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. The 3rd Infantry Division just returned from their second deployment to Iraq, where they helped lead the 2003 invasion and supported the Iraqis during the 2005 votes for the Iraqi Constitution and permanent government. At a rally for the troops attended by Vice President Dick Cheney at Fort Stewart, Ga., a soldier from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division holds up a message to mom for photographers, Friday, July 21, 2006.
Vice President Dick Cheney swears in Steven Preston as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration during a ceremony at the Offices of the Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Preston’s wife, Molly, holds the Bible. Vice President Dick Cheney welcomes Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki to the Vice President’s residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. for a dinner, Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Earlier in the day Prime Minister Maliki addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress and accompanied President George W. Bush in meeting with U.S. military personnel at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki responds to a welcome from Vice President Dick Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Congressional members before addressing a Joint Meeting of Congress, Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Prime Minister Maliki, the first democratically elected prime minister of Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, is on his first visit to Washington and met with President Bush yesterday to discuss the future development and security of Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney stands with Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, right, and South Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Tae Sik Lee, left, during a moment of silence after placing a wreath at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. to commemorate Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, Thursday, July 27, 2006. Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
A Korean War veteran salutes during the singing of the National Anthem, Thursday, July 27, 2006 during the 2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony held at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Vice President Dick Cheney honored the veterans in an address and remembered fallen soldiers in a wreath laying ceremony at the memorial. A Korean War veteran salutes during the singing of the National Anthem, Thursday, July 27, 2006 during the 2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony held at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Vice President Dick Cheney honored the veterans in an address and remembered fallen soldiers in a wreath laying ceremony at the memorial.
Members of the Korean War Veterans Association bow their heads during the invocation at the 2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony, Thursday, July 27, 2006, at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. An honor guard composed of Korean War veterans holds flags prior to the start of the 2006 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Ceremony held at the Korean War Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 27, 2006.

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