JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Much anticipation in the political world in the United States this day, as Texas Governor George W. Bush gets much closer to naming a running mate. CNN's White House correspondent John King joins us now with a few more developments -- John.</s>JOHN KING, SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Judy, several leading Republican sources telling CNN that the Texas Governor George W. Bush has indeed settled on the former defense secretary, Dick Cheney, as his choice to round out the Republican ticket -- the sources telling us that Cheney is already telling close associates that he is indeed the governor's pick. And we're told that the governor brought top advisers in today and informed them of his decision and said he would call the former U.S. defense secretary this evening -- Monday night in the United States -- to make the official job offer -- these aides cautioning that nothing is done until the governor makes that phone call. But again, several leading Republican sources say that Dick Cheney is the governor's choice -- Cheney perhaps best known to our viewers around the world as the man who helped prosecute the Persian Gulf War. He was defense secretary then in former President Bush's administration. And we're told by sources that President Bush has been among those who highly recommended Cheney to his son, now Texas Governor Bush, as Bush has settled on his running mate -- this announcement due to be made tomorrow afternoon officially in Austin, Texas. The governor blocked out time in the morning to call those whom he considered, but did not make the final cut -- Judy.</s>WOODRUFF: All right, John King, with the very latest from the White House.
Dick Cheney as George W. Bush's Running Mate Looks Likely