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SAMUEL HINCKLEY AND SARAH SOOLE; Barack Obama is related to both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney
It sure would be an awkward family reunion. But, believe it or not, Barack Obama is related to both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
OK, distantly related: Obama and Bush are 11th cousins.
That’s because they share the same great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents — Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole Hinckley of 17th century Massachusetts.
That means Obama and [...]
DISSING COUSINS: OBAMA, CHENEY, BUSH RELATED
October 17, 2007 — Who says Barack Obama doesn’t have what it takes to be president? Turns out, he’s a distant cousin of both Dick Cheney and George Bush.
The vice president’s wife, Lynne Cheney, announced her discovery yesterday while hawking her new book, “Blue Skies, No Fences,” on MSNBC.
When asked if she would support Hillary [...]
Bush Listens as Military Expresses Views on Troop Stain of Prolonged War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Wrapping up a series of consultations on Iraq, President Bush met at the Pentagon on Wednesday with the military’s leaders to hear their views on prospects for further troop reductions.
Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said the president spent about 90 minutes in a closed session with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Bush was accompanied by [...]
