Dick Cheney’s death prompts George W. Bush to call him a patriot
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Former President George W. Bush said the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney was “a loss to the nation and a heartbreak to his friends.”
“Laura and I will remember Dick Cheney for the decent and honorable man he was,” Bush said in a statement obtained by Fox News. Cheney’s death was announced Tuesday morning.
Former President George W. Bush, right, shakes hands with former Vice President Dick Cheney after Cheney introduced Bush during the groundbreaking ceremony for the President George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)
“History will remember him as one of the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, great intelligence and seriousness to every office he held,” Bush’s statement read in part.
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