Vice President Dick Cheney, preparing to deliver the second most important post of executive power in the country, will meet on Thursday with Vice President-elect Joe Biden at the Naval Observatory.
Megan Mitchell, spokeswoman for Cheney, said that he and his wife, Lynne, invited Biden and his wife, Jill, at his home in the observatory, home of the vice presidency. The meeting for the vice presidential transition follows a historic meeting on Monday President George W. Bush with the president-elect Barack Obama.
"The Cheney and Biden will have a private meeting and after a tour of the residence," said Mitchell.
The meeting will be more of a social nature between Cheney and Biden, who have extensive experience in foreign policy and national security.
Biden, who has been chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations, has expertise in both internal and external affairs, polished during more than three decades in politics.
Cheney is known as one of the main architects of the war in Iraq and a man of hard-line regarding the U.S. foreign policy.
In the absence of a clear description of the position of vice president, Cheney has indicated that the role of his successor depends on the wishes of future presidents.
Cheney same is not sure whether future vice presidents will have as much active participation that has taken him. "Soy renuente a decir que es una tendencia", dijo Cheney a reporteros durante una entrevista en Israel en marzo. "If you look at the history of the post, you can go to any side," he added.
"If you go back and see how it has evolved over the years, I think that really was not until Richard Nixon was vice president that he even had an office in the city center," said Cheney. "The office of Harry Truman was in the Capitol," he said.
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