One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the terrorist attacks. A significant chunk was taken out of the economy by what happened after the attacks of 9/11.

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.