After the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, he played a central role in shaping a hard-edged approach toward terrorism that included unprecedented electronic surveillance within the United States and aggressi...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.

Cheney was a key architect of President George W. Bush’s “war on terror” following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and drew significant criticism for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.