Mary Cheney Surfaces: The Veep's Notoriously Silent Gay Daughter Takes a Job at AOL

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She's helped a beer behemoth repair its image, directed operations in her Republican father's reelection campaign office, inked a million-dollar book deal, and remained steadfastly invisible during a national tempest over same-sex marriage. Now Mary Cheney will be working for America Online, a company with as controversial a history on gay rights as her own [see sidebar].

The gay daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney has joined AOL's Audience Business, a marketing division that promotes Web offerings such as MapQuest.com and MovieFone.com. She will assist in managing advertising, e-commerce, and search engines.

"AOL is thrilled that Mary Cheney is joining us in a …