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Former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney in 1992. Cheney, who is heading up Bush's vice presidential selection effort, has emerged as the leading candidate for the job, a senior Republican official said Friday, July 21, 2000. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Bush is "very, very close'' to settling on the former defense secretary but cautioned that the presumptive Republican nominee has not made a final decision. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Str)