Dick Cheney, driver of militant US response to 9/11, dies at 84

Dick Cheney, whose campaign for a military response to the 9/11 terror attacks cleared the path for an unpopular war in Iraq and established his reputation as one of the most powerful and

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polarizing vice presidents in US history, has died. He was 84.

"The former vice president died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease," according to a family statement released early Tuesday. His wife, Lynne, and daughters Liz and Mary as well as other relatives were