CULTURE

Cheney's Daughter Marries Partner

By Next America Staff

Updated: June 22, 2012 | 3:40 p.m.
June 22, 2012 | 3:39 p.m.

Mary Cheney (left) and her longtime partner Heather Poe at the 2004 GOP convention. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Mary Cheney, 43, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, married her longtime partner Heather Poe on Friday in Washington, according to ABC news. 

“Mary and Heather have been in a committed relationship for many years, and we are delighted that they were able to take advantage of the opportunity to have that relationship recognized,” Cheney and his wife said in a news release, according to ABC. “Mary and Heather and their children are very important and much loved members of our family and we wish them every happiness.”

The couple has a son and a daughter. 

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