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'Vice' Traces Dick Cheney's Ascent From Yale Dropout To Political Power Player

Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in Vice. The film, which was written and directed by Adam McKay, has been nominated for six Golden Globe Awards. Greig Fraser/Annapurna Pictures hide caption

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'Vice' Traces Dick Cheney's Ascent From Yale Dropout To Political Power Player

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"He's always kind of just been in the background," filmmaker Adam McKay says of the former vice president. "So I had to bring him to the foreground."

'Vice' Traces Dick Cheney's Ascent From Yale Dropout To Political Power Player

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President Trump Pardons 'Scooter' Libby, Former Cheney Chief Of Staff

Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, shares a laugh with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a discussion at the conservative Hudson Institute. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump Pardons 'Scooter' Libby, Former Cheney Chief Of Staff

Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 2007 in connection with the leaking of a CIA officer's identity.

President Trump Pardons 'Scooter' Libby, Former Cheney Chief Of Staff

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