Dick Cheney, key figure in US war on terror, dies at 84

Dick Cheney, George W. Bush’s powerful vice president and architect of US war policies in Iraq, has died at 84 from pneumonia and heart complications. Long a key Bush ally and former Secretary of Defense, he was both criticized as a Machiavellian figure and praised for transforming US security policy.

Dick Cheney, key figure in US war on terror, dies at 84
Dick Cheney, George W. Bush’s powerful vice president and architect of US war policies in Iraq, has died at 84 from pneumonia and heart complications. Long a key Bush ally and former Secretary of Defense, he was both criticized as a Machiavellian figure and praised for transforming US security policy.