Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died.
He was 84 years old.
NPR's Don Gagné looks back at Cheney's long tenure as a Washington power player.
Dick Cheney grew up in Nebraska, flunked out of Yale, but eventually headed back to school.
By age 34, he was chief of staff to President Gerald Ford.
He won a congressional seat in Wyoming and later was defense secretary to President George H.
W.
Bush.
After a stint as CEO of the energy firm Halliburton, Cheney was named George W.
Bush's running mate.
He was an unusually influential vice president and an unwavering proponent of an aggressive U.S.
military policy following the 9-11 attacks.
That included going to war in Iraq to confront Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.
No such weapons were ever found.
Cheney, though, was unrepentant to the end.
Don Gagne and BR News.
It's election day.
Polls have opened in Virginia, where voters are choosing the state's next governor.
From member station VPM News, Jad Khalil has more.