Liz Cheney from wikipedia
THIS IS WORTH READING Personal life Cheney is the elder of two daughters of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Second Lady Lynne Cheney ; her younger sister is Mary Cheney . Cheney graduated from McLean High School in 1984. She received her bachelor's degree from Colorado College , where she wrote her senior thesis, "The Evolution of Presidential War Powers," in 1988. [1] She received her Juris Doctor ( J.D. ) degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1996, having also taken courses in Middle Eastern history at the Oriental Institute . [2] Cheney is married to Philip Perry , the former General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security . She and Perry have five children: three daughters, Kate, Elizabeth, and Grace; and two sons, Philip and Richard. [ edit ] Early career Before attending law school, Cheney worked for the State Department for five years and the U.S. Agency for International Development between 1989 and 1993. Af