Dick Cheney, celebrated as a master Republican strategist but defined by the darkest chapters of America's "War on Terror," was honored Thursday in a funeral attended by Washington's elite that pointedly left out President Donald Trump.
Cheney's career over half a decade reads like a catalogue of American statecraft, even as his long shadow over foreign policy -- as defense secretary during the Gulf War and as the 46th vice president under George W. Bush -- still divides the country.
Bush and fellow former president Joe Biden were among more than 1,000 guests at the Washington National Cathedral.
But Trump, who hasn't commented on Cheney's death, and his vice president JD Vance were not invited.
Every living former vice president -- Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dan Quayle --

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