Dick Cheney remembered as steady, influential force in US politics

Leaders from George W Bush to John Barrasso paid tribute to the former vice-president’s decades of public serviceUS political leaders offered their condolences about the death of Dick Cheney, with George W Bush describing his former vice-president as “a calm and steady presence in the White House amid great national challenges”.Bush wrote in a statement that he would remember Cheney “for the decent honorable man that he was” and that history would remember him “as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence and seriousness of purpose to every position he held.” Continue reading…