Senator Al Simpson was chosen to be the Senate Republican whip. Just a few years earlier. When George Herbert Walker Bush became President, he chose Congressman Dick Cheney to serve as his Secretary of Defense. The Senate confirmed him unanimously, 92 to nothing. Don't see anything like that happening around this place today, Mr. President. In four transformative years, he oversaw victory in Desert Storm. He guided America through peaceful end of the Cold War. (02:31–02:36)
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Asserts that Dick Cheney was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of Defense.
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