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Almost four decades before he served as vice president with George W. Bush , a fresh-faced congressional intern named Dick Cheney journeyed to Washington, D.C, looking for a mentor that would catalyze his political aspirations.

He found one in Donald Rumsfeld, sparking a decades-long friendship that would carry the the pair to the highest levels of government.

Cheney died Monday, November 3 at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family announced in a statement. “History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation—a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held,” his former running mate Bush said in a statement .

Those qualities are at least pa

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