Who is Liz Cheney?
A: Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is an American attorney and politician.
She has been the U.S. representative for
Wyoming's
at-large congressional district since what year?
A: 2017.
From 2019 to 2021 she chaired what?
A: The House Republican Conference, the third-highest position in the House
Republican leadership.
Cheney is the elder daughter of whom?
A: Former Vice President Dick Cheney and Second Lady Lynne Cheney.
She held several positions in the U.S. State Department
during the George W. Bush administration, notably as what?
A: 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 what?
A: The Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group with Elliott Abrams.
In 2009 Cheney and Bill Kristol founded what?
A: Keep America Safe, a nonprofit organization concerned with national
security issues.
She was a candidate for the 2014
election to the U.S.
Senate in Wyoming, challenging who?
A: Three-term incumbent Mike Enzi, before withdrawing from the race.
In the House of Representatives, she holds what seat?
A: The seat her father held from 1979 to 1989.
Cheney supported the second what>
A: Impeachment of Donald Trump for his role in the 2021 storming of the U.S.
Capitol.
After her battles with Republican leadership, Cheney
received death threats, leading her to do what?
A: To spend $58,000 on a private security detail.
She has said that she intends to be "the leader, one of
the leaders, in a fight to help do what?
A: To restore our party" and that she may be interested in a future
presidential run.
In July 2021, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Cheney to
what?
A: The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.
Two months later, she was made what?
A: Vice chair of the committee.
When was Cheney born?
A: On July 28, 1966,
Where was she born?
A: In Madison, Wisconsin.
At the time of her birth, her parents were studying
where?
A: At the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
What is the name of her younger sister?
A: Mary Cheney.
Where did Cheney attend part of sixth and seventh
grade?
A: In Casper, Wyoming, while her father campaigned for Congress.
The family divided its time between Casper and
Washington, D.C. in the 1970s through the 1980s, following her father's
what?
A: Election to Congress
In 1984 Cheney graduated from where?
A: McLean High School, where she was a cheerleader.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from what
college?
A: Colorado College, her mother's alma mater.
She received her Juris Doctor from where in 1996?
A: The University of Chicago Law School
While there, she also took courses in what?
A: Middle Eastern history at the Oriental Institute.
Before attending law school where did Cheney work?
A: For the State Department for five years and the United States Agency for
International Development between 1989 and 1993.
After 1993 where did she take a job?
A: At Armitage Associates LLP, the consulting firm founded by Richard
Armitage.
After graduating from law school, Cheney practiced law
at what law firm?
A: The law firm of White & Case.
In 2002, Cheney was appointed what?
A: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.