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Cheney, Goss Honored for 'Distinguished' Service Vice President Dick Cheney and outgoing CIA Director Porter Goss were honored by their former House colleagues Wednesday with awards for distinguished service. Also receiving the Congressional Distinguished Service Award in ceremonies in the Capitol's Statuary Hall were former Reps. Lindy Claiborne Boggs and the Rev. Robert Drinan. The award, created in 2002, is given to former House members who serve with "extraordinary distinction and selfless dedication." The four were nominated by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California. Cheney was a Wyoming Republican from 1979 until 1989, when he resigned to become defense secretary. Goss, a Florida Republican who announced last week that he was stepping down as CIA director, left the House after 15 years in September 2004 to assume that position. Boggs was elected as a Louisiana Democrat in 1973 after her husband was lost and presumed killed in a plane crash in Alaska. She served until 1991 and later served as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.Drinan, a Roman Catholic priest known for his anti-Vietnam War stance, was a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts from 1971 to 1981. The award was being presented for the second time. In 2003 it was given to Reps. John Rhodes, R-Ariz.; Bob Michel, R-Ill.; Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, and Don Edwards, D-Calif. ---------------------------------------------------
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