Dick Cheney Opens Up About Nearly Resigning in 2001 Due to Health Problems

‘I, Richard B. Cheney, hereby resign the office of vice president of the United States’

CHENEY: "Basically, what I did was I resigned the vice presidency, effective March 28th of 2001."
GUPTA: "So nearly for your entire time as vice president, there was a letter of resignation sitting there pending."
GUPTA (voiceover): "Cheney discovered there was no provision in the Constitution to replace a vice president who is alive but incapacitated. So, he drew up a letter of resignation to give to the president."
CHENEY: "It says in accordance with Section 20 of Title 3 of the United States Code, I, Richard B. Cheney, hereby resign the office of vice president of the United States."
GUPTA: "How did President Bush react when you told him about this?" 
CHENEY: "He was a little surprised. But he thought it was a good idea."

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