1. Mary Cheney is involved with a number of political action committees.
21 Facts About Mary Cheney
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Mary Cheney married her wife, Heather Poe, in 2012, and was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the US Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v Perry case in 2013.
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Mary Cheney attended McLean High School in McLean, Virginia, graduating in the class of 1987.
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Mary Cheney earned a graduate business degree from the University of Denver in 2002.
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Mary Cheney has been one of her father's top campaign aides and closest confidantes.
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Mary Cheney has been with her wife, Heather Poe, since 1992.
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Mary Cheney has voiced support for same-sex marriage, and has been credited with encouraging her father's approval of it, which he has publicly supported since leaving the vice presidency.
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In December 2006, Mary Cheney was reported to be pregnant.
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Mary Cheney gave birth to her second child, Sarah, on November 18,2009.
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Lynne Cheney responded by stating that "Mary has never declared such a thing", and criticized Roberts and the media for their interest in the story.
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Mary Cheney resigned from the RUC's board and in July 2003 became the director of vice presidential operations for the Bush-Mary Cheney 2004 re-election campaign.
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Mary Cheney did not publicly express her opinion of the amendment at the time.
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Mary Cheney added, though, that President Bush determined his administration's policies, and his policy supported the Federal Marriage Amendment.
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Mary Cheney reiterated his position of four years prior, stating the issue should be left to the states but that he supports the Bush administration.
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Mary Cheney did not mention his family nor his daughter in his immediate response to the question.
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In 2010, Mary Cheney became involved in a network of politically active nonprofit organizations.
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The network is illustrated in this reference: According to tax forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service, Mary Cheney is a member of the BKM Strategies consulting firm.
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In 2014, Mary Cheney's consulting firm BKM Strategies was apparently responsible for a writing campaign in support of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
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Mary Cheney left the public spotlight after the 2004 election until May 4,2006, when she was interviewed by Diane Sawyer for ABC News' Primetime program to promote her autobiography, Now It's My Turn.
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Mary Cheney asked Cheney why she had waited two years after the 2004 election to speak publicly about gay marriage and LGBT rights, and asked whether she had any input with the Bush administration regarding gay issues.
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Mary Cheney responded that she did not, and that it had not been her job to do so.