Donald Henry Rumsfeld was an American politician,government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford,and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He was both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense. Additionally,Rumsfeld was a three-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963–1969),director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969–1970),counselor to the president (1969–1973),the U.S. Representative to NATO (1973–1974),and the White House Chief of Staff (1974–1975). Between his terms as secretary of defense,he served as the CEO and chairman of several companies.
Casper is a city in,and the county seat of,Natrona County,Wyoming,United States. Casper is the second-most populous city in the state,with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. Casper is nicknamed "The Oil City" and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture,dating back to the development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil Field.
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is an American attorney and politician. She served as the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023. She chaired the House Republican Conference,the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership,from 2019 to 2021. She currently serves as Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
The 2000 Republican National Convention convened at the First Union Center in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,from July 31 to August 3,2000. The 2000 delegates assembled at the convention nominated Texas Governor George W. Bush for president and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Richard B. "Dick" Cheney for vice president.
KTWO-TV is a television station in Casper,Wyoming,United States,affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Vision Alaska LLC,which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC,owner of Fox affiliate KFNB,for the provision of certain services. Coastal also operates CBS affiliate KGWC-TV under a separate SSA with owner Big Horn Television LLC. The stations share studios on Skyview Drive in Casper,while KTWO-TV's transmitter is located atop Casper Mountain.
KCWY-DT is a television station in Casper,Wyoming,United States,affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. Owned by Gray Television,the station has studios on Progress Circle in Mills,Wyoming,and its transmitter is located atop Casper Mountain.
KLWY is a television station in Cheyenne,Wyoming,United States,affiliated with the Fox and MeTV networks. The station is owned by Coastal Television,and maintains a transmitter southwest of Cheyenne along I-25.
Kevin Corke is an American journalist and is presently a White House Correspondents' Association for Fox News in Washington D.C. Corke has covered four U.S. administrations. Previously,he was a national news correspondent based in Washington,D.C. for NBC News from 2004-2008. While much of his work there involved coverage of the Bush Administration as a member of the White House Press Corps,Corke also frequently reported from The Pentagon,U.S. Supreme Court and other locations in Washington,D.C. Corke figured prominently in Fox’s coverage of the 2020 summer protests and previously was part of NBC's coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting.
The Radio Television Digital News Association,formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA),is a United States-based membership organization of radio,television,and online news directors,producers,executives,reporters,students and educators. Among its functions are the maintenance of journalistic ethics and the preservation of the free speech rights of broadcast journalists.
Richard Bruce Cheney is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is currently the oldest living former U.S. vice president,following the death of Walter Mondale in 2021.
Richard Engel is an American journalist and author who is the chief foreign correspondent for NBC News. He was assigned to that position on April 18,2008 after serving as the network's Middle East correspondent and Beirut bureau chief. Before joining NBC in May 2003,Engel reported on the start of the 2003 war in Iraq for ABC News as a freelance journalist in Baghdad.
KGWC-TV is a television station in Casper,Wyoming,United States,affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Big Horn Television LLC,which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC,owner of Fox affiliate KFNB,for the provision of certain services. Coastal also operates ABC affiliate KTWO-TV under a separate SSA with owner Vision Alaska LLC. The stations share studios on Skyview Drive in Casper,while KGWC-TV's transmitter is located atop Casper Mountain. KGWC-TV is rebroadcast on two satellite stations in western Wyoming:KGWL-TV in Lander and KGWR-TV in Rock Springs.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate for the State of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a fourth term in office. Enzi held Democratic nominee Charlie Hardy to just 17.4 percent of the vote –the lowest percentage of the vote for any major party nominee in Wyoming U.S. Senate electoral history out of the 39 races conducted during the direct election era.
KKTQ-LD is a low-power television station in Cheyenne,Wyoming,United States,affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by Vision Alaska LLC,which operates Fox affiliate KLWY under a shared services agreement (SSA) with the Coastal Television Broadcasting Company. KKTQ-LD's transmitter is located on Happy Jack Road west of the city.
Peter Kooi Simpson Sr. is an American historian and politician. He is a member of the Simpson political family of Wyoming. From 1981 to 1984,he was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Sheridan,where at the time he was employed in administration by the community college,Sheridan College.
Allan Lawrence Maraynes is an American documentary filmmaker,investigative journalist,television producer,and writer. He is best known for his award-winning work on CBS's 60 Minutes,ABC's 20/20,and Dateline NBC.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Cynthia Lummis defeated Democrat Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points,becoming the first female U.S. Senator from Wyoming and succeeding incumbent Republican Mike Enzi,who did not run for reelection. This was the first open Senate seat since 1996 where Enzi was first elected. The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on August 18,2020.
Peter Thomas Gosar is an American politician. Gosar was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wyoming in 2014 but lost to Republican Matt Mead. Gosar also served as chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party and as chair of the Wyoming Board of Education.
KFNB is a television station in Casper,Wyoming,United States,affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC,which provides certain services to ABC affiliate KTWO-TV and CBS affiliate KGWC-TV under separate shared services agreements (SSAs). The stations share studios on Skyview Drive in Casper,while KFNB's transmitter is located atop Casper Mountain south of the city. Satellite stations at Rawlins and Riverton and a translator in Douglas extend KFNB's signal. Most of its programming is also rebroadcast on KLWY in Cheyenne,which airs separate station identifications and commercials.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 8,2022,to elect the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
