Cheney Dies: Vice President Who Redefined Executive Power
Dick Cheney served as Secretary of Defense during the Gulf War, when he oversaw the first large-scale American military operation in the Middle East since Vietnam. He was then CEO of Halliburton. Then Vice President during September 11. He pushed for the Iraq War, the NSA surveillance program, and the use of waterboarding at CIA black sites. Born in 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska, he had five draft deferments during Vietnam and a heart transplant at 71. He died in 2025.
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