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Cheney to Headline West Virginia Chamber Annual Meeting

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  Former Vice President Dick Cheney will give the keynote speech at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting and business summit.

The event is slated for Sept. 2-4 at The Greenbrier. It will feature a Sept. 3 address by Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney, the former State Department assistant secretary.

A panel of West Virginia’s delegation in the U.S. House and Senate will precede the discussion by the Cheneys.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and economist Arthur Laffer are among those scheduled to speak Sept. 2.

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee will give an address Sept. 4.

State legislative leaders and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will close out the summit Sept. 4.