"Cheney wielded rare clout in Washington for over three decades, becoming the most powerful US vice president ever. Unlike most politicians, Dick Cheney didn't care if he was liked. If you want to be loved, then go be a movie star, he said in the 2013 documentary, I am Dick Cheney. That view didn't stop him from becoming the most powerful vice president in the history of the United States."
"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, the family said in its statement. But to millions around the world, he was also a deeply divisive figure, his legacy tainted by bloodshed and chaos following the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, lies about Baghdad's non-existent weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), domestic cyber-snooping and the torture of Guantanamo Bay inmates."
"Cheney has to be counted among the most influential Americans of the last 40 years. He was the consummate bureaucratic operator, Jake Bernstein, co-author of Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency, told Al Jazeera. He engineered his own selection as vice president and used what was often a ceremonial post to transform US policy. His legacy continues: the surveillance society, the reputational stain of state-sponsored torture, the failure to deal with climate change and the bloat"
Dick Cheney wielded extraordinary political influence for more than three decades, redefining the vice presidency into an active policymaking role. He died at 84 from complications of pneumonia and long-standing heart and vascular disease. His family described him as a devoted teacher of patriotism, courage, honor, kindness and fly fishing to his children and grandchildren. He remained polarizing due to his central role in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, disputed claims about WMDs, expanded domestic surveillance and the use of enhanced interrogation at Guantanamo. Colleagues called him a consummate bureaucratic operator who reshaped U.S. national security policy.
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