Dick Cheney was due to speak at the Disabled American Veterans convention this August in Las Vegas. His invite has been revoked because of the excessive security demands the Vice-President demanded.
His staff demanded that sick vets would be sequestered for two hours prior to his speech and then would have to remain until
Cheney had finished talking. The meeting hall that the speech is taking place at does not have rest rooms.
Cheney spoke to the group in 2004 demanding the same lock-downs which upset members.
Many of those that attend the convention are elderly. Many also have left part of their body on the battlefields that they served on during wars from WWII to the current one in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because of their injuries they can't be stuck in one room for several hours.
"It was a huge imposition on our delegates," added David Autry, another Disabled American Veterans official.
Autry said vets would've had to get up "at Oh-dark-30 and try to get breakfast and showered and get their prosthetics on."
Once inside, they "could not leave the meeting room, and the bathrooms are outside," he said.
While Cheney has visited with veterans during his term his speaking rules are harsher than even President Bush's.
The group had first invited President Bush to speak but the White House declined that offer.
John McCain has plans to speak in Las Vegas. It is expected that Barack Obama will also be there.
Cheney's Invite To Speak At Vet's Convention Revoked
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