CHENEY SPEAKS AT FUND RAISER FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE PETER ROSKAM
Vice President Dick Cheney,center, shakes hands with Congressman Henry Hyde, left, after speaking at a fund-raiser for Peter Roskam, right, the Republican congressional candidate for Illinois' 6th Congressional District, in Addison, Ill., on March 13, 2006. Roskam is running for the seat being vacated by Hyde, who is retiring at the end of his term. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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