Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies at 84
CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press
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Defense Secretary Dick Cheney poses with some of the U.S. Army troops stationed in southern Iraq in this May 7, 1991 file photo.
Bill Haber, Associated Press
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney makes a point on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 7, 1991, while appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee which is looking at the FY-1992-1993 defense budget.
Gref Gibson, Associated Press
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses a campaign rally for Gus Bilirakis, a Republican who is running for the Tampa Bay area congressional seat his father is vacating in Tampa, Fla. July 21, 2006.
Steve Nesius, Associated Press
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Colin Powell, huddle prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 21, 1991 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
John Duricka, Associated Press
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney embrace following President Bush's acceptance speech in Madison Square Garden during the final night of the Republican National Convention, Sept. 2, 2004, in New York.
WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney makes a point on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 7, 1991, while appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee which is looking at the FY-1992-1993 defense budget.
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses a campaign rally for Gus Bilirakis, a Republican who is running for the Tampa Bay area congressional seat his father is vacating in Tampa, Fla. July 21, 2006.
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Colin Powell, huddle prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 21, 1991 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney embrace following President Bush's acceptance speech in Madison Square Garden during the final night of the Republican National Convention, Sept. 2, 2004, in New York.
