Well, well, well. I see Dick Cheney's daughter is in "Near East Affairs."

[funflower]

Isnt that conveeeenient?

(snip)
(06-25) 19:54 PDT KUWAIT CITY, (AP) --

Elizabeth Cheney, the vice president's daughter and the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs, praised Kuwait on Saturday for granting women political rights.

But Cheney also said during her visit to this Washington ally that reforms will take time and effort.

Parliament passed a suffrage bill in May, letting women vote and run for office for the first time. The Cabinet appointed its first female member, Massouma al-Mubarak, about a month later.

(more)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/25/international/i194644D56.DTL

[lenidog]

1. Check out her bio on Wikipedia

I especially like the part that her husband has been nominated for General Counsel to the Dept Of Homeland Defense.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cheney

[funflower]

2. And he was a Lockheed Martin lobbyist before that.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[lenidog]

5. I thought the Bio said it all

No further need to elaborate

[fleabert]

3. and he works for lockheed martin...

does anyone have clean hands in that family?

[lenidog]

6. It would be tough to find one person besides the grandkids

[funflower]

10. And he's been nominated General Counsel for the Dept. of (you guessed

it) Homeland Security.

Have they no shame at all???

[anarchy1999]

4. Well now, just go figure! Nepotism at it's best and most ignorant!

Cheney and his family have got to go.

[lenidog]

7. Nepotism is strong and well in 21st century America

[KlatooBNikto]

8. Weren't Cheney's daughters supposed to be lesbians?

[funflower]

9. That's Mary, not Elizabeth.

[madeline_con]

11. the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs

three words. NEP O TISM



edit:
"she was appointed to the newly created position"

Nice. The "War on Terra" is a jobs program for neocon family members.