Dick Cheney, Influential Republican Vice President, Dies
Dick Cheney, America's most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the "war on terror," has died, according to a statement from his family.
Cheney served alongside Republican President George W. Bush for two terms between 2001 and 2009, and was a key figure in leading the country into the Iraq war on faulty assumptions.
He was a towering and polarizing Washington power player for decades.
Author's summary: Dick Cheney, a powerful US vice president, dies.