Dick Cheney talks to the media on the observation deck of the Operations and Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney talks to the media on the observation deck of the Operations and Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. In the background, the white jacket, is Cheney's wife, Lynne. Cheney is at the Center to view the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett