Dick Cheney

Samantha Ravich (Screen capture: YouTube)

August 23, 2018, 12:18 am

Trump names Jewish security expert to senior intelligence post

Appointment of Samantha Ravich comes after president taps Republican Jewish Coalition board member Jeffrey Gunter for envoy to Iceland

By JTA

Dick Cheney signs a “waterboard kit,” or jug of water, on Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming show. (Twitter)

July 10, 2018, 3:39 am

Cheney signs ‘waterboard kit’ in teaser for Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy show

Network touts UK comedian’s latest character as ‘shameless’ and ‘unhinged’

By Gabe Friedman

Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, Senior Vice President of the Hudson Institute and former chief of staff for former US vice president Dick Cheney, speaks during a discussion at the Hudson Institute on March 29, 2011, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

April 13, 2018, 9:48 pm

Trump pardons former Cheney aide Scooter Libby

US president says he hopes pardon of adviser to vice president Cheney will ‘help rectify a very sad portion of his life’

By CHAD DAY and Catherine Lucey

Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby walks towards his car outside federal court in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2007, after he was sentenced for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

April 13, 2018, 8:38 am

Trump planning to pardon Scooter Libby — reports

Clearing Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice, may pave way for pardoning US president’s aides

By AFP

The destruction caused by an Iraqi Scud missile that hit the 'Danny House' in Tel Aviv's Hatikva neighborhood in January 1991. (Bamahane/

January 18, 2018, 10:20 pm

‘We’re going to attack Iraq,’ Israel told the US. ‘Move your planes’

On 27th anniversary of Saddam’s 1991 Scud missile strikes at Israel, Defense Ministry releases interviews with senior officials on how close Israel came to bombing Baghdad

By Judah Ari Gross

Vice President Mike Pence, left, takes the stage with his wife Karen Pence at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

February 25, 2017, 3:57 pm

Pence to Republican Jews: No nuclear Iran, still thinking over embassy move

‘We will never allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, this is my solemn promise,’ VP tells RJC to standing ovation at Adelson’s Vegas hotel

By Ron Kampeas

Vice President Mike Pence, center, takes the stage with his wife Karen Pence, right, after they were introduced by former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

February 25, 2017, 8:14 am

Pence to Republican Jews: World will know US supports Israel

At RJC conference at Adelson casino in Las Vegas, VP praises top donor, says Israel has already grown stronger under Trump

By Julie Bykowicz

Casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson, left, (Steve Mack/Getty Images, via JTA) and US President Donald Trump, right. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

February 24, 2017, 12:14 pm

Adelson said to hail Trump as likely ‘best president for Israel ever’

Jewish billionaire casino magnate and staunch supporter of Netanyahu reportedly makes remark in front of Dick Cheney

By TOI staff

Stephen Bannon leaves Trump Tower in New York on November 11, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)

November 19, 2016, 4:53 am

Bannon: We could govern for 50 years

Responding to controversy, alt-right news site chief-turned Trump strategist insists ‘I’m not a white nationalist, I’m a nationalist’

By TOI staff and AFP

Late IAF pilot and astronaut Ilan Ramon, interviewed shortly after 1981's Operation Opera, in which Israel destroyed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq. (Screen capture: Channel 10)

June 4, 2016, 6:34 am

35 years on, IAF pilots recall daring mission to bomb Saddam’s nuke reactor

Airmen divulge use of inside intel from Osirak, and how they ribbed rookie flier Ilan Ramon — the last and most vulnerable man in the formation of eight jets

By TOI staff

In this Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, file photo, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, left, pauses as President George W. Bush, and Vice President Dick Cheney participate in Rumsfeld's farewell ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

November 5, 2015, 1:59 pm

Bush Sr. slams Cheney and Rumsfeld, ‘iron-ass’ hawks who harmed US

In new biography, former president launches scathing attack on key officials in his son’s administration

By AP and TOI staff

US President Barack Obama, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

September 22, 2015, 5:12 am

PM to receive conservative award on day he meets Obama

Netanyahu to accept citation from American Enterprise Institute, a group that has attacked the Iran nuclear deal

By JTA

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (Cliff Owen/AP)

September 8, 2015, 7:22 pm

Cheney: Iran deal endangers future of the Jewish people

Former VP castigates ‘Obama’s agreement,’ says it ‘gives Tehran the means to launch a nuclear attack on the US homeland’

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Then-vice president Dick Cheney watches a TV broadcast of the Twin Towers burning following the attack on New York on September 11, 2001. (US National Archives)

July 25, 2015, 3:30 pm

A presidency horrified: New images offer inside look at Bush administration on 9/11

Pictures show president, senior staff at White House grappling with immediate aftermath of terror attacks on New York, Washington

By TOI staff

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in Chicago. (photo credit: AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

February 24, 2015, 4:49 am

On foreign policy, Jeb Bush navigates between brother and father

Prospective GOP candidate brings staffers from both administrations on board, sending mixed messages on his philosophy

By Ron Kampeas