The Truth About Dick Cheney: Who He Really Was kicks off a six-part series that cuts through the mythology and examines one of the most powerful and controversial figures in modern American politics. This episode looks at Cheney’s rise from a little-known congressional staffer to a dominant force in Washington, shaping wars, executive power, and the lives of countless American service members. If you’ve ever wondered how the United States ended up trapped in the cycle of endless war, you have to start with the people who built the machine. And no one shaped it more than Dick Cheney.

This series takes an honest look at his early career, the political instincts that carried him into the highest levels of government, and the decisions that set the stage for the foreign policy disasters that followed. You’ll hear the history, the context, the anecdotes, and the moments that revealed who Cheney really was long before he became Vice President. Part 1 lays the foundation for everything that came later: the doctrine he believed in, the power he accumulated, and the wars he pushed America into.

This podcast is produced by Bring Our Troops Home, a veteran-led effort committed to ending America’s forever wars and restoring the constitutional limits on how and when we send our sons and daughters into combat. Our work focuses on passing Defend the Guard, a state-level law that requires Congress to follow the Constitution before the National Guard can be deployed to foreign conflict zones.

If you support a strong national defense that respects the Constitution, if you believe Congress—not the executive branch—should decide when we go to war, or if you’re just tired of watching Washington send Americans into danger without accountability, you’re in the right place.

This episode is part history, part investigation, and part warning. Understanding Dick Cheney isn’t about re-litigating the past. It’s about understanding the forces still shaping American foreign policy today. The same ideas. The same networks. The same people. And most importantly, the same unchecked power that continues to cost American lives.

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This six-part deep dive will be followed by ongoing weekly episodes covering war powers, foreign policy, National Guard deployments, state legislation, veteran issues, and the fight to bring service members back under constitutional authority.

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Welcome to The Truth About Dick Cheney series. Here’s Part 1: Who He Really Was.