Biography

Daughter of Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney.

Graduated from McLean High School (1984), where she was a cheerleader. Received her bachelor's degree from Colorado College, where she wrote her senior thesis, "The Evolution of Presidential War Powers" (1988). Received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Chicago Law School (1996), having also taking courses in Middle Eastern history at the Oriental Institute.

Chairwoman, "Alliance for a Strong America" [2015].

Older sister of Mary Cheney.

Former deputy assistant Secretary of State.

[on interrogating prisoners] We don't torture; we haven't tortured.

Clearly Julian Assange's effort was to change course for the US policy in Afghanistan. He was unsuccessful in that. He does clearly have blood on his hands potentially for the people whose names were in those documents who helped the US and I think that's something he will have to live with now.

[on Barack Obama] I think the Democrats have got more crazies than the Republicans do. But setting that aside, one of the reasons you see people so concerned about this, I think this issue is, people are uncomfortable with having for the first time ever, I think, a president who seems so reluctant to defend the nation overseas.

I do believe in the traditional definition of marriage.

[on overturning Roe v. Wade] I have always been strongly pro-life. Today's ruling by the Supreme Court returns power to the states and the people of the states to address the issue of abortion under state law.