Richard
Events (839)
- August 1-2, 1974: Nixon Aides Attempt to Engineer Pardon Deal from Ford 1974-08-01
- September 8-9, 1974: Firestorm of Public, Press Criticism Greet Nixon Pardon 1974-09-08
- September 10, 1974: Senate Opposes More Pardons; House Demands Information on Nixon Pardon 1974-09-10
- September 21, 1974 and After: Rumsfeld, Cheney Take Power in White House 1974-09-21
- November 20-21, 1974: Freedom of Information Act Strengthened by Congressional Amendments 1974-11-20
- December 19, 1974 and After: Rockefeller Sworn in as Vice President; Influence Blocked by Rumsfeld, Right-Wingers 1974-12-19
- May 15, 1975 and After: Investigations Probe Operation Shamrock, Lead to Passage of FISA Law 1975-05-15
- May 25, 1975: Journalist Reveals US Spy Program; Cheney Recommends Burglaries and Indictments as Retaliation 1975-05-25
- November 4, 1975 and After: ’Halloween Massacre’ Places Rumsfeld, Cheney in Power 1975-11-04
- November 18, 1980: Cheney Urges Reagan’s Chief of Staff to Push for ‘Restoration’ of Presidential Powers 1980-11-18
- October 10, 1984: Second Boland Amendment Outlaws CIA, Defense Department, or Third-Party Funding of Contras 1984-10-10
- April 11, 1986: Cheney Defends White House’s Unilateral Decision to Bomb Libya 1986-04-11
- January 6-7, 1987: Congress Names Investigative Committees into Iran-Contra; Both Parties Try to Limit Political Damage to Presidency 1987-01-06
- April 7, 1987: Cheney Lauds Former CIA Director Casey 1987-04-07
- May 5, 1987: Iran-Contra Committee Begins Public Hearings 1987-05-05
- May 27, 1987: CIA Operative Testifies, Turns Questioning into Anti-Soviet Diatribe 1987-05-27
- June 2, 1987: Former Assistant Secretary of State Admits to Lying about Foreign Funding of Contras 1987-06-02
- July 7-10, 1987: North Testifies before Iran-Contra Committee 1987-07-07
- July 10, 1987: Last Day of Testimony Orchestrated between Cheney, North 1987-07-10
- November 16-17, 1987: Republicans Issue Minority Iran-Contra Report, Claim Administration Actions Legitimate 1987-11-16
- December 7-8, 1987: Reagan, Gorbachev Sign Arms Reduction Treaty 1987-12-07
- March 20, 1989 and After: Dick Cheney Becomes Secretary of Defense 1989-03-20
- August 2, 1990: Iraq Invades Kuwait 1990-08-02
- August 5, 1990 and After: Cheney Secures Permission for US Forces to Attack Iraq from Saudi Arabia 1990-08-05
- November 8, 1990: Bush Announces Massive Troop Deployment in Persian Gulf 1990-11-08
- January 16, 1991 and After: ’Operation Desert Storm’: US Launches Massive Air Assault against Iraq 1991-01-16
- February 1, 1991: Cheney: US Will Retaliate against Chemical or Biological Warfare 1991-02-01
- February 18, 1992: ’Wolfowitz Doctrine:’ Proposal Advocates US as World’s Lone Superpower 1992-02-18
- May 22, 1992: Pentagon Advocates More Diplomacy, Less Confrontation, in New Strategy Proposal 1992-05-22
- July 1, 1992: Cheney Aide Grilled on Evasion of Congress 1992-07-01
- October 27, 1997: Halliburton Announces Turkmenistan Project; Unocal and Delta Oil Form Consortium 1997-10-27
- February 19, 1998: Neoconservative Group Calls on US to Help Overthrow Hussein 1998-02-19
- June 23, 1998: Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney Discusses Importance of Oil Reserves in Caspian Basin 1998-06-23
- October 5, 2000: Cheney Lies about Halliburton Experience during Vice-Presidential Debate 2000-10-05
- October 5, 2000: Vice Presidential Candidates Advocate Tough Stance Toward Iraq; Cheney Says the Use of Force against Iraq May Be Necessary 2000-10-05
- October 11, 2000: Candidate Bush Falsely Asserts ‘Humble’ Middle East Foreign Policy 2000-10-11
- Morning, November 8, 2000: Bush Asserts Victory in Florida 2000-11-08
- November 9, 2000: Presidential Campaigns Handle Post-Election Affairs Differently 2000-11-09
- 10:04 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. November 17, 2000: Florida Judge Rules Secretary of State Has Power to Accept or Reject ‘Late-Filed’ Election Returns 2000-11-17
- 3:30 a.m. November 22, 2000: Cheney Suffers Heart Attack 2000-11-22
- 9:00 a.m. and after, November 22, 2000: Florida County Halts Manual Recounts; Election Board Proceedings Disrupted by ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ 2000-11-22
- November 25, 2000: Gore Family Surrounded by Protesters in Washington 2000-11-25
- November 27, 2000 and After: Bush Campaign Begins Transition Activities 2000-11-27
- November 30, 2000: Cheney Orders Opening of Bush ‘Transition Office’ after GSA Refuses to Issue Funds 2000-11-30
- 11:45 a.m. November 30, 2000: Florida Legislative Panel Votes to Designate Electors for Bush Even if Voting Dispute Not Resolved 2000-11-30
- December 1, 2000: Texas Judge Rejects Challenge to Cheney’s State Residence 2000-12-01
- December 3, 2000: Cheney Asks Gore to Concede 2000-12-03
- November 12 - December 10, 2000: Media Analyses Show Sunday Morning Talk Show Coverage Heavily Favorable to Bush in Recount Discussions 2000-12-10
- December 16, 2000: Bush Names Powell Secretary of State; Cheney Plans to Undermine Powell 2000-12-16
- December 28, 2000: Bush Chooses Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary over Objections of Father’s Friends 2000-12-28