{"id":1819,"date":"2025-11-04T20:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2025-11-04T20:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:37:46","slug":"dick-cheney-powerful-vp-who-pushed-iraq-invasion-dies-at-84-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1819","title":{"rendered":"Dick Cheney, powerful VP who pushed Iraq invasion, dies at 84. Live updates."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"gnt_ar_hl\">Dick Cheney, powerful VP who pushed Iraq invasion, dies at 84. Live updates.<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_shl\">After his two terms as vice president ended in 2009, Dick Cheney became one of the nation&#8217;s most prominent Republicans to oppose President Donald Trump.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_dt\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\">\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Politicians react to former Vice President Dick Cheney's death\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_vp_w\" data-g-r=\"vp_tp\" data-c-vt=\"exco\" data-c-vpa=\"pl=teal-hero&amp;nm=1&amp;exv=article_hero&amp;de&amp;plcmt=2&amp;cc=news\/politics\/1&amp;iu=\/7103\/usatoday\/preroll_video\/&amp;cut\" data-c-vpd=\"{&quot;adsEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;awsPath&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;byline&quot;:&quot;Niki Gunter&quot;,&quot;cd&quot;:1762275570395,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;length&quot;:85,&quot;headline&quot;:&quot;Politicians react to former Vice President Dick Cheney's death&quot;,&quot;hlsURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/presto\/renditions\/87086431007\/c6e95173-f0fa-4cd6-9334-1ce15892ae1e\/480p_30fps,720p_30fps,1080p_30fps,master.m3u8?subtitles=87086431007&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;87086431007&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Richard Cheney,Liz Cheney,George W. 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Bush to\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/03\/19\/iraq-invasion-war-20th-anniversary-photos\/11429689002\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">invade Iraq<\/a>\u00a0based on intelligence \u2012 later\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/03\/17\/iraq-war-10-years-later\/1993431\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">proven wrong<\/a>\u00a0\u2012 that Saddam Hussein had amassed weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp\">More:\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/04\/dick-cheney-i-was-right-iraq-war\/87083061007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:5|\u2691u\">&#8216;I was right about Iraq.&#8217; It was Dick Cheney&#8217;s war, and he owned it until the very end.<\/a><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-news-politics-6-ac1\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\" data-google-query-id=\"COmn2bOs2ZADFarORAcdzaUprQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/news\/politics_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Dick was a calm and steady presence in the White House amid great national challenges,&#8221; Bush said in a statement. &#8220;I counted on him for his honest, forthright counsel, and he never failed to give his best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp\">Remembering those we lost:\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/celebrity-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":body nav (deaths)|e|auto spike click:7|\u2691u\">Celebrity Deaths 2025<\/a><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp\">More:\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/04\/dick-cheney-dies\/8514753002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:8|\u2691u\">Dick Cheney, the most controversial, powerful vice president in US history, dies at 8<\/a><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Iraq war took the lives of an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,492 U.S. servicemembers, and cost more than $700 billion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" aria-label=\"X Embed\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1985780755268866333\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=usatoday&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1985780755268866333&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2025%2F11%2F04%2Fdick-cheney-vice-president-under-george-w-bush-dies%2F86926725007%2F&amp;sessionId=59d0538f99f8522e716579f87821b22d9df1cc59&amp;siteScreenName=usatoday&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1985780755268866333\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\"><a id=\"gpd-1762278250167\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_ba\"><\/a>McConnell lauds Cheney as \u2018steady counsel\u2019 in war against terror<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sen. 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