Cheney led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War and later was a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq.
A Marine general fired the commander, executive officer and senior enlisted leader for an Osprey squadron in Hawaii last week.
The two most recent U.S. strikes occurred in the Pacific Ocean, departures from the previous seven that had targeted vessels in the Caribbean.
The strike marks the eighth against an alleged drug-carrying vessel and the first in the Pacific Ocean.
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