VEEP VIP

I’m just now getting around to mentioning it, but we had another VIP visit last week. Actually, we had several, but I was only involved with the big one. VP Dick Cheney was in town (along with the missus) to illustrate America’s support for Ukraine and to indicate Russia should back the hell off already. Well, I don’t know if Cheney actually said that…but I think it was implied.

Overall, this visit was a much more laid back affair than the President and Secretary of State’s visit last April. I was a site officer at the airport, but since I was primarily an assistant site officer, I didn’t have a whole lot to do except stand on the tarmac for hours at a time. I did get a decent sunburn on my face though so it was totally worth it.

I don’t really have a whole lot to say about the visit. Cheney came. He didn’t want to meet with any embassy staff. He left and went to Lake Como for some vital international reason or something.

Here he is getting off his plane.

VP Cheney leaving Air Force 2