Cheney Girls Mine America

The New York Times is running a story this morning called "Weaned on Politics, Cheney Daughters Find a Place at the Table," by Todd S. Purdum, that reports on the gains of the family of US Vice President Richard B. Cheney

"Older sister Liz is the first deputy assistant secretary of state ever to have her own Secret Service detail" -- and whose office happens to be Near Eastern Affairs, (re)hired in February 2005 ahead of her boss, Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, whose tour of Egypt ended in March 2005. The same month (March), her husband, Philip J. Perry, was made be general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security. Liz earns $149K, Phil $140K.

Younger sister Margaret ("Mary") Cheney helped to launch Simon and Schuster's new Threshhold imprint with a book deal with a $1 million advance.

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