So, is Dick Cheney still claiming he's not a member of the executive branch? It appears that various pages on the White House Web site don't back him up.

Like this one:

... Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Task Force shall be composed of the heads of the following executive branch entities, who may designate representatives from within their respective entities to assist them in their duties in connection with the Task Force: the Office of the Vice President...

Or this one:

... (b) Membership. In addition to the Chair, the members of the Council shall be the heads of the executive branch departments, agencies, and offices listed below, or their designees...

(i) Vice President...

Or this one:

... Sec. 6. Membership. (a) Members of the Board shall be drawn from the executive branch departments, agencies, and offices listed below....

...(xv) Chief of Staff to the Vice President...

Or this one:

...Sec. 5. Duties of the Director of the Center. In implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this order and ensuring that the Center effectively performs the functions set forth in section 3 of this order, the Director of the Center shall:

...(c) disseminate transnational terrorism information, including current terrorism threat analysis, to the President, the Vice President in the performance of Executive functions, the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and other officials of the executive branch as appropriate...

Or this one:

CEQ Internship Program

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is responsible for advising the President and Vice President on national and international environmental policy matters and ensuring that federal agencies operate efficiently in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

... Applicants must be highly motivated, willing to contribute where needed, and able to handle the pressures that come with working in an Executive Branch office....

(Emphasis added throughout.)

Clearly, of course, everyone else in America is wrong, including the authors of these official White House documents, and Dick Cheney is right.

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UPDATE: Julia beat me to this.