U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, behind President George W. Bush, on June 17, 2008 during a briefing at the White House in Washington. (Credit: Archive photo Mandel Ngan/AFP)
While President George W. Bush was away, his powerful vice president and right-hand man, Dick Cheney, managed the emergency response to the Sept. 11 attacks in Washington. Cheney is best known as the chief architect of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which drew the country into a global "war on terror" often marked by brutal tactics.Before joining Bush on the Republican ticket, Cheney led the Texas-based energy company Halliburton, which critics say profited from the Iraq war. A staunch advocate of expanding executive power, he was later sidelined within the Republican Party after criticizing then-President Donald Trump. Cheney called Trump a "coward" and a "threat" to the nation, referring to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol following Trump's election loss, while his daughter, Liz Cheney, led...
While President George W. Bush was away, his powerful vice president and right-hand man, Dick Cheney, managed the emergency response to the Sept. 11 attacks in Washington. Cheney is best known as the chief architect of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which drew the country into a global "war on terror" often marked by brutal tactics.Before joining Bush on the Republican ticket, Cheney led the Texas-based energy company Halliburton, which critics say profited from the Iraq war. A staunch advocate of expanding executive power, he was later sidelined within the Republican Party after criticizing then-President Donald Trump. Cheney called Trump a "coward" and a "threat" to the nation, referring to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol following Trump's election loss, while his daughter, Liz Cheney, led...
