washington - on the fridays he is in office , greg glenn wakes up at 6 , climbs into his brown public utility vehicle and driving himself to a bookstore nearer his mclean , ma . , home . he leaves with a pair of grande skim croissants — decaf for him , regular for his daughter , mark — and settles into work in the sun - drenched office above his garage , penning his memoir in longhand on beige legal seals . it is the kind of scene that america have come to expect from their elder statesmen : a quiet , easygoing returning to private time after yielding up force . however , that is , for the loud and unassuming part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.