"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 age 84. Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. "For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming's Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States," the statement said."
"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 at 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. He served as White House chief of staff, Wyoming congressman, secretary of defense and vice president. He led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War and later served as the effective chief operating officer in the George W. Bush presidency. He advocated the invasion of Iraq, defended expanded surveillance, detention and interrogation measures after Sept. 11, and promoted the unitary executive theory to broaden presidential authority. He lived with decades of heart disease and underwent a post-administration heart transplant.
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