Nightly News   |  August 24, 2011

Cheney makes surprising revelation

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has a book coming out and spoke exclusively to NBC’s Jamie Gangel.

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>>> president dick cheney wrote a secret letter of resignation that was kept hidden away from the earliest days of the bush administration . cheney has a book coming out and spoke exclusively to nbc news.

>> i was concerned for a couple of reasons, one was my own health situation , the possibility they might have a heart attack or a stroke that would be incapacitating and there was no mechanism, there is no mechanism for getting rid of a vice president who can't function.

>> and you'll be able to see more of that interview on a special edition of "dateline" on monday at 7:00 eastern time .