This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Andrew Peach and at 16 hours GMT on Tuesday the 4th of November we look back at the life of the former US Vice President Dick Cheney who's died.
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The former United States Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.
Mr.
Cheney served two terms during the presidency of George W.
Bush.
Often described as one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history,
he was a leading light of the so-called neocon conservatives who dominated US politics at the start of the 21st century.
He'll also be remembered for the role he played in orchestrating America's controversial war on terror.
In a statement,
Mr Bush said Dick Cheney's death was a loss to the nation and he'd be remembered as one of the finest public servants of his generation.
Our former Washington correspondent Paul Adams looks back at his life.
and I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I'm about to enter,