Dick Cheney Book Coming

The former vice president is looking to make a splash on the national stage with a new book, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, to be published in September and a group he and his daughter Liz launched to advance their views, says WSJ.

According to WSJ, Cheney’s overarching message, and the theme of the book he is co-authoring with his daughter Liz Cheney, is that the U.S. needs to assert itself more on the world stage. “We thought, looking forward to 2016, it was very important to make sure those issues were front and center in the campaign,” he said.

WSJ continues:

Holly Shulman, a spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee, said “there’s no one happier about Dick Cheney becoming a foreign policy surrogate than we are…If he needs any assistance getting out his message, our team would be happy to help book him for interviews.”

 He is making his case in a series of donor events across the country, including ones organized by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., and Joe Ricketts, the billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade. The Ricketts family has given money to the Cheneys’ new group.