Dick Cheney 'In My Time' Book Interviews: What Would You Ask Him?

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is making the rounds in the media this week to promote his new memoir, In My Time, which hits bookstores Tuesday.

Since Cheney is not known for making a lot of media appearances, this could be a chance for the nation's journalists to ask burning questions of the man behind President George W. Bush through 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a failing economy in the United States.

The book itself has prompted new questions about the inner workings of the Bush administration. Early revelations from the memoir include Cheney's admission that he kept a secret, signed resignation letter at the ready throughout his term as VP and that he advised President Bush to bomb a suspected nuclear reactor site in Syria in 2007.

As Cheney goes into a week of interviews, we at The Huffington Post wanted to know: What would you ask Cheney?

We've compiled the best questions suggested by HuffPost readers below.

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What would you add? Tell us -- in the comments below or on Twitter using hashtag #askCheney -- what you would want to know from these upcoming interviews with the former vice president.

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[Dan Finnerty]

08:49 PM on 09/21/2011

Where was VP Cheney when it was his time to serve. 5 deferments in order not to serve. Will the press ever introduce VP Cheney serving under five presidents and took 5 deferments in order to not serve his country. Does five deferments make a coward

[daveclementsusa]

12:28 PM on 09/14/2011

What you I like to ask Cheney?

Can i video your final heart attack

[big-bad-wolf]

11:34 PM on 09/08/2011

What is your net worth, and how much did you get, directly or indirectly, from Halliburton during or after your years as vice-president?

[big-bad-wolf]

11:32 PM on 09/08/2011

Are you afraid to travel to Europe for fear you could be arrested and held for trial before the International Criminal Court, a la Pinochet?

[fred reiss]

10:20 AM on 09/08/2011

I would ask what his health deductible and co-pay was for all his heart operations, and does he owe any money. After all most Americans couldn't get that type of care, so does he believe in government health care?

[Neopolitan]

12:48 PM on 09/04/2011

Knowing what his approval rating was - why didn't he resign and use his health as a reason to let GW off the hook.

[Bee Lee]

07:53 AM on 09/02/2011

Ask Cheney when he took over NORAD in June of 2001 why he ran simulated exercises of planes hitting buildings and what intel did he pool his notion from.

[Bee Lee]

07:48 AM on 09/02/2011

I would ask Cheney what was discussed with Tenet on 9/09 in a secret meeting at the CIA.

[sbolton312]

09:19 AM on 09/01/2011

What miraculous change was there in Dick Cheney that morphed him from a coward who wouldn't serve in Vietnam to a hero who sent thousands of young Americans to their deaths in Iraq? Oh yeah, he didn't have to go. Pathetic.

[orangecobob]

08:59 AM on 09/01/2011

First, I would like to thank the Vice President for his service and protecting our Country after 911.
Waterboarding ? I am sure we will have a Terrorist Bill of Rights soon, including those awful drones that save military soldiers lives. Let's me get this straight, we are against waterboarding terrorist plotting to destroy our country, family members, and our way of life, but it is OK to send drones to kill terrorists, and unfortunately some civilians? Ronald Reagan once said that we should never go into another war, if we do not intend to win it. Did Ronald Reagan Jr. ever serve in the military? I know I did not, but I have nothing but respect for those who have, and their families for their sacrifice to protect our freedoms. Dick Chaney's so called arrogance to some, represents leadership to others. Why, because it is easier for elected officials like "Obama" to lead from behind. Mr. Chaney wasn't afraid to show leadership, and will go down in history as one of our strongest Vice Presidents. Besides, I prefer listening to Liz Chaney over Ron Reagan, Jr. any day!!

[jnratliff]

07:16 AM on 09/01/2011

The answer to the last question is yes he did and is profiting from the war in Iraq!

[PaleMail]

06:46 AM on 09/01/2011

Dick, you once said the tens of millions of dollars you earned from holding 433,333 Haliburton stock options were destined for charity. Who were the lucky recipients?

[jnratliff]

07:17 AM on 09/01/2011

The Chenny's!

[jnratliff]

07:31 AM on 09/01/2011

the chenny's

[Brent in VA]

05:52 AM on 09/01/2011

All of these questions are rather pathetic. The one about recociling his conservative views with Mary's homosexuality is easily answered: he's a conservative who believes in freedom - that includes freedom of choice in one's sexual matters between two consenting adults. The same view as Barry Goldwater, and when Goldwater came out for gay rights he was applauded by liberals but Cheney must be held to account. Cheney drives the liberals crazy because he's one conservative that liberals don't think is stupid. So they fear him and try to demonize him. Cheny did a great job as Vice President. Evidence of that is Obama's continuation of many of the Bush Cheney policies. And, the question about waterboarding not yielding any results - KSM divulged a lot of information to the CIA when he was waterboarded which resulted in the killing of Bin Laden. Leon Panetta said that. And, liberals are so opposed to waterboarding but fine with killing bin Laden. Seems like being waterboarded is much more humane than a bullet in the eye. Just saying....

[PaleMail]

06:56 AM on 09/01/2011

Not being "stupid" doesn't mean you are of sound mind.

[aussie01]

08:28 AM on 09/01/2011

Panetta reiterates what he has said publicly -- that bin Laden was found after 10 years of intensive intelligence from "multiple streams" and "painstaking collection and analysis."

In the letter, which was verified by a spokesperson at the CIA, Panetta says: "We first learned about the facilitator/courier's nom de guerre from a detainee NOT in CIA custody in 2002." He said that some detainees who had been subject to enhanced interrogation techniques attempted to provide false information about the courier.

You should not quote from right wing talking points, Brent. That is like taking a "stupid pill" 3 times daily.

[Neopolitan]

12:41 PM on 09/04/2011

Another heavy megadose "stupid pill" is to cling to "left wing talking points" when have no clue what the pattern of intelligence used by analysts that led to the successful identification of the courier and his pattern of activity. All the public is being fed now is how the courier provided the matrix that allowed the target to be developed.

[microsrfr]

05:43 AM on 09/01/2011

When you committed the treasonous lie of referring to Judith Miller's aluminum tube article in the New York Times as independent corroboration in order to bolster your case to go to war with Iraq, even though you had previously fed her this information, you must have done so with the knowledge that you had compromised both Miller and her editor at the Times. How exactly did you accomplish this?

[Holymolly]

05:43 AM on 09/01/2011

I would ask him, "how did you ever survive the inquisative little pesky monsters and all their questions?" And, do you ever expect a question.... with a motive behind it? Wink, wink.....:)

[big-bad-wolf]

11:42 PM on 09/08/2011

That's "inquisitive". Why is it right-wingers can't spell?