Cheney Releases Details of Charitable Giving

Richard B. Cheney, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, says that he and his wife, Lynne Cheney, donated $209,832 to charity from 1990 through 1999 and took tax deductions for that amount, a figure that represents about 1 percent of the couple's adjusted gross income of $20.9-million for that period.

However, Mr. Cheney says that during that time he and Mrs. Cheney were responsible for charities' receiving an additional $232,320 in gifts. The reason: The Cheneys declined to

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