Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

In 1991 the Somali Civil War drew the world's attention. According to General Colin Powell Cheney "had become a glutton for information with an appetite we could barely satisfy. serviceman the United States invasion of Panama began under Cheney's direction.

House of Representatives representing Wyoming's At-large congressional district from 1979 to 1989; he was reelected five times briefly serving as House Minority Whip in 1989. He was an early proponent of the Iraq War and defender of the Administration's record on terrorism. "
In 2011 Cheney publiDick Cheneyd his memoir In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir written with daughter Liz Cheney.