"Richard Bruce Cheney arrived in Washington in 1968 as a 27-year-old congressional intern. Within seven years, he rose to become White House chief of staff. That spectacular ascent owed much to Cheney's talents and work ethic. It owed more to the catastrophes and traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. As more senior staff resigned in disgrace or faced indictment, the way lay open for a younger man untainted by previous failures and scandals."
"In November 1975, Rumsfeld moved to head the Department of Defense. Cheney succeeded him in the White House job. Cheney's boyhood coincided with America's rise to global preeminence. At age 34, he found himself near the top of the U.S. government at a time of humiliation and defeat. The new Ford administration set to work restoring the government's credibility at home and America's position in the world."
Richard Bruce Cheney arrived in Washington in 1968 as a 27-year-old congressional intern and within seven years became White House chief of staff. His rapid ascent reflected talent, work ethic, and the vacuums created by Vietnam and Watergate, which opened opportunities as senior staff resigned or faced indictment. Cheney developed a close bond with Donald Rumsfeld and succeeded him as White House chief of staff when Rumsfeld moved to lead the Defense Department. Cheney's boyhood coincided with America's global rise, and at 34 he helped restore credibility after national humiliation. After Ford's 1976 electoral loss, Cheney won a House seat from Wyoming and rose in congressional leadership, co-authoring an analysis of congressional power with his wife Lynne.
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