Cheney, Liz, 1966-

CHENEY, Liz, (daughter of Richard Bruce Cheney) a Representative from Wyoming; born in Madison, Dane County, Wis., July 28, 1966; graduated from McLean High School, McLean, Va., 1984; B.A., Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1988; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Ill., 1996; staff, United States Agency for International Development, 1989-1992; staff, United States Department of State, 1992; lawyer, private practice; lawyer, International Finance Corporation, 1999-2002; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, United States Department of State, 2002-2004; campaign staff, presidential campaign of George W. Bush, 2004; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, United States Department of State, 2005-2009; nonprofit executive; television commentator; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present); chair, House Republican Conference (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).

<p>Liz Cheney serves as Wyoming’s lone member of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2016, on a platform of restoring America’s strength and power in the world, and pursuing conservative solutions to create jobs, cut taxes and regulation, and expand America’s energy, mining and agriculture industries. Cheney serves on the House Armed Services Committee.</p>

<p>From 2019 to 2021, Cheney served as the Chair of the House Republican Conference, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives.</p>

<p>Prior to her election to Congress, Liz served at the State Department as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East. She also practiced law at White & Case and at the International Finance Corporation. A specialist in national security and foreign policy, she was also a Fox News analyst, and the co-author, along with Vice President Cheney, of Exceptional: Why The World Needs a Powerful America. She is a member of the International Board of Advisors at the University of Wyoming.</p>

<p>Elizabeth Lynne Cheney (/ˈtʃeɪni/ CHAYN-ee; born July 28, 1966) is an American attorney and politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2017. She was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in the George W. Bush administration and was the Chair of the House Republican Conference, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership, from 2019 to 2021.</p>

<p>Cheney is the elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney. She held several positions in the U.S. State Department during the George W. Bush administration, notably as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs and Coordinator for Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiatives. She promoted regime change in Iran while chairing the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group with Elliott Abrams. In 2009 Cheney and Bill Kristol founded Keep America Safe, a nonprofit organization concerned with national security issues that advocated the positions of the Bush–Cheney administration. She was a candidate for the 2014 election to the U.S. Senate in Wyoming, challenging three-term incumbent Mike Enzi, before withdrawing from the race. In the House of Representatives, she holds the seat her father held for a decade, representing Wyoming from 1979 to 1989.</p>

<p>Regarded as a leading ideological conservative in the Bush–Cheney-era tradition and a representative of the Republican establishment, Cheney is a neoconservative, known for her focus on national security, her support for the U.S. military, a pro-business stance, foreign policy views, and for being fiscally and socially conservative. Cheney is considered one of the leaders of the neoconservative wing of the Republican Party and was critical of the foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration while simultaneously voting steadfastly in support of its overall agenda.</p>