Dick Cheney obituary: former Republican vice-president who helped lead US "war on terror"

The Washington insider whose vast experience of American politics was crucial to the presidency of George W Bush and widely seen as the architect of the "war on terror.

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He served as President Gerald Ford's White House chief of staff in the 1970s, before spending a decade in the House of Representatives.

President George HW Bush made him defence secretary during the first Gulf War and the US invasion of Panama.

In 2001, Cheney became one of the most powerful vice-presidents in history.

He was a key architect of President George W Bush's "War on Terror" after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and an early advocate of the invasion of Iraq.