"Former President Joe Biden will attend Thursday's memorial service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, which will feature remarks from another former president, George W. Bush. A spokeswoman for Biden confirmed his plans to attend. The Democratic president said in a statement after Cheney's death that the former vice president was guided by a strong set of conservative values and that he believed, as I do, that family is the beginning, middle, and end."
"President Donald Trump and his administration said little about Cheney after his Nov. 3 death following complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. It's unknown whether Trump, who has had frosty relations with the Cheney family, will attend the funeral, which is by invitation only. Trump never made a statement on Cheney's passing and did not issue a presidential proclamation that often accompanies the death of notable figures."
"The White House did lower its flags to half-staff after his death, which press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it did in accordance with statutory law. That was also the rationale conveyed by the White House to congressional leaders earlier this month, when the Capitol was told that it should go by the statute that governs when a flag should be lowered, including for deaths of principal government figures, according to three people familiar with the conversations."
President Joe Biden will attend a memorial service for former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, where former President George W. Bush will deliver remarks. Cheney died Nov. 3 after complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. The Trump administration issued few public comments and did not issue a presidential proclamation; it is unknown whether Donald Trump will attend the invitation-only funeral. The White House lowered flags to half-staff, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying that was done in accordance with statutory law. White House officials told congressional leaders to rely on the statute governing flag lowering for principal government figures.
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