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San Diego Union-Tribune
August 14, 2008
VP was between fundraising stops
By Steve Liewer, Staff Writer
CAMP PENDLETON – Vice President Dick Cheney made a brief visit to Camp Pendleton yesterday before heading to Orange County for a fundraiser.
He flew on Air Force Two from a campaign stop in Colorado and reached the base at 2:22 p.m.
Marine Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert and Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland greeted Cheney on the tarmac. Then Helland and the vice president got into a sport utility vehicle and drove away for a 90-minute tour of Camp Pendleton's operations.
The visit was characteristically low-key for Cheney. He did not make a speech or take questions from journalists, who were escorted off the base after Cheney left the tarmac area.
“We've been trying to keep it 'on the down-low' as much as possible,” said Cpl. April Cheek, who works at the airfield.
Cheney's Camp Pendleton drop-by was bracketed by fundraising appearances for two Republican members of Congress.
He attended a noon reception in Littleton, Colo., for Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and attended a late-afternoon reception at a private home in San Clemente for Rep. Ken Calvert of Corona.
Cheney returned to Camp Pendleton last night for a flight back to Washington, D.C.
Presidential and vice-presidential trips typically combine official business with political business. That way, the federal government pays for part of the travel.
Staff writer John Marelius contributed to this report.
August 14, 2008
VP was between fundraising stops
By Steve Liewer, Staff Writer
CAMP PENDLETON – Vice President Dick Cheney made a brief visit to Camp Pendleton yesterday before heading to Orange County for a fundraiser.
He flew on Air Force Two from a campaign stop in Colorado and reached the base at 2:22 p.m.
Marine Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert and Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland greeted Cheney on the tarmac. Then Helland and the vice president got into a sport utility vehicle and drove away for a 90-minute tour of Camp Pendleton's operations.
The visit was characteristically low-key for Cheney. He did not make a speech or take questions from journalists, who were escorted off the base after Cheney left the tarmac area.
“We've been trying to keep it 'on the down-low' as much as possible,” said Cpl. April Cheek, who works at the airfield.
Cheney's Camp Pendleton drop-by was bracketed by fundraising appearances for two Republican members of Congress.
He attended a noon reception in Littleton, Colo., for Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and attended a late-afternoon reception at a private home in San Clemente for Rep. Ken Calvert of Corona.
Cheney returned to Camp Pendleton last night for a flight back to Washington, D.C.
Presidential and vice-presidential trips typically combine official business with political business. That way, the federal government pays for part of the travel.
Staff writer John Marelius contributed to this report.