"“Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.”"
"Cheney was, in effect, the chief operating officer of the younger Bush's presidency. He had a hand, often a commanding one, in implementing decisions most important to the president and some of surpassing interest to himself - all while living with decades of heart disease and, post-administration, a heart transplant. Cheney consistently defended the extraordinary tools of surveillance, detention and inquisition employed in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
Dick Cheney died Monday night at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to his family. He served as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming congressman, Secretary of Defense and Vice President of the United States. He led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War and later acted as a powerful, often commanding, chief operating officer for President George W. Bush. He championed the invasion of Iraq and defended expanded surveillance, detention and interrogation measures after Sept. 11, 2001. He lived with decades of heart disease and received a heart transplant. Years after leaving office, he faced political attacks tied to his daughter Liz Cheney’s criticism of Donald Trump.
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