Cheney visits state, calls on Americans to ready for war 2002-10-15 By Carmel Perez Snyder The Oklahoman During a visit to Midwest City Tuesday, Vice President Dick Cheney called on GOP supporters to vote and Americans to ready for war. Cheney said the killing of a U.S. Marine in Kuwait and attacks in Yemen and Bali show that Al-Qaida will stop at nothing to attack Americans at home and abroad. "We're closer to the front end of this conflict than we are the back of it," Cheney said to the crowd of civilians and servicemen and women on a runway...