Former US Vice President Dick Cheney listens during a dedication ceremony hosted by the US Senate to unveil his bust in Emancipation Hall of the US Capitol Visitor Center on December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. The US Vice President also serves as President of the Senate during his term in office. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI        (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84

Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 84.

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Former US Vice President Dick Cheney listens during a dedication ceremony hosted by the US Senate to unveil his bust in Emancipation Hall of the US Capitol Visitor Center on December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. The US Vice President also serves as President of the Senate during his term in office. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI        (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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