Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served under President George W. Bush during the September 11 attacks, has died at age 84. Widely regarded as the most powerful vice president in U.S.
history, Cheney played a pivotal role in the country’s response to the September 11 attacks.
He was an architect of the “war on terror” policies and a driving force behind America’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq In the run-up to the Iraq war, Cheney suggested links between Iraq and al-Qaeda and the September 11 attacks, though a commission on the 9/11 attacks later discredited this theory.
The Cheney family released a statement saying: “We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country.
And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.” His legacy remains controversial, with conservatives viewing him as a hero while liberals criticized his hawkish policies.
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