Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
FILE – Defense Secretary Dick Cheney poses with some of the U.S. Army troops stationed in southern Iraq in this May 7, 1991 file photo. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
FILE – Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, left, and Chairman of the