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Vice President of the United States - Richard B. Cheney

          January 2007

Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks at the naming ceremony for the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. "If the purpose of naming an aircraft carrier is to convey the confident spirit of our military, and the good and just causes that America serves in the world, then we have certainly accomplished that purpose here today," said the Vice President. "The name Gerald R. Ford belonged to a man who gave a lifetime of devoted service to our country, reflecting honor on the United States Navy, on the House of Representatives, on the Vice Presidency, and on the Presidency."
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Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks at the naming ceremony for the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. "If the purpose of naming an aircraft carrier is to convey the confident spirit of our military, and the good and just causes that America serves in the world, then we have certainly accomplished that purpose here today," said the Vice President. "The name Gerald R. Ford belonged to a man who gave a lifetime of devoted service to our country, reflecting honor on the United States Navy, on the House of Representatives, on the Vice Presidency, and on the Presidency."
Vice President Dick Cheney greets former first lady Betty Ford at Blair House in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 1, 2007. A military honor guard descends the steps of the Senate carrying the casket of former President Gerald R. Ford from the Capitol to an awaiting hearse, Tuesday, January 2, 2007, for the procession to the State Funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
Boy Scouts attending the State Funeral service for former President Gerald R. Ford at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., salute his casket as it leaves the cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007. Former first lady Betty Ford is escorted by her son Steve Ford and Major General Guy Swan III following the State Funeral service for former President Gerald R. Ford at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 2, 2007.
A Naval honor guard carries the Presidential Colors on the tarmac of Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as the plane carrying the body of former President Gerald R. Ford prepares to depart for Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, January 2, 2007, following the former president's State Funeral in Washington, D.C. Vice President Dick Cheney addresses a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Memorial Church at Historic Jamestown in Jamestown, Va., to mark the beginning of an 18-month series of events celebrating the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Wednesday, January 10, 2007. The Jamestown Memorial Church is located on the site where, just twelve years after the first settlers arrived to the New World, representative government began in America with the establishment of the House of Burgesses, the first legislative body in the New World and precursor to today's Virginia House of Delegates.
Vice President Dick Cheney stands with Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford, while the U.S. national anthem is played during the naming ceremony for the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. The nuclear-powered vessel will go into service in 7-8 years and will be the first in the new Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy. A military honor guard carries the casket of former President Gerald R. Ford during interment ceremonies on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, January 3, 2007.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney salute as the casket of former President Gerald R. Ford is carried by a military honor guard during interment ceremonies on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, January 3, 2007. Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney salute as the casket of former President Gerald R. Ford is carried by a military honor guard during interment ceremonies on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, January 3, 2007.
Vice President Dick Cheney, second left, is joined by government officials and family members of former President Gerald R. Ford in applause during a naming ceremony for the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will be the first in the new Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy. Pictured from left to right are Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter, Vice President Dick Cheney, Susan Ford Bales, Steve Ford, Jack Ford, Michael Ford, Senator John Warner, R-Va., Senator Carl Levin D-Mich., and Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Mullen. Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks at the naming ceremony for the new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. "If the purpose of naming an aircraft carrier is to convey the confident spirit of our military, and the good and just causes that America serves in the world, then we have certainly accomplished that purpose here today," said the Vice President. "The name Gerald R. Ford belonged to a man who gave a lifetime of devoted service to our country, reflecting honor on the United States Navy, on the House of Representatives, on the Vice Presidency, and on the Presidency."

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