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This official White House photograph shows US Vice President Dick Cheney signing the inside of the top drawer of his desk in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office on Monday, January 12, 2009 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. The desk, constructed in 1902 and first used by President Theodore Roosevelt, has been signed by various presidents and vice presidents since the 1940s. Mrs. Lynne Cheney is seen at right. AFP PHOTO / THE WHITE HOUSE / David Bohrer (Photo credit should read DAVID BOHRER/AFP/Getty Images)