Former President George W. Bush on Thursday praised his understudy of eight years as a “solid, reliable, and rare” figure who exuded integrity and loyalty, as he mourned the passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney at a packed memorial service at Washington, D.C.'s National Cathedral for the conservative icon.

“They do not come any better than Dick Cheney,” Bush said, eulogizing a man who served Presidents dating back to Richard Nixon. “He was everything a President should expect in a second-in-command.”

It was a capstone to a half century spent in politics and public life. At age 34, Cheney became the youngest White House Chief of Staff in history, running the day-to-day operations for President Gerald Ford. He later represented Wyoming in the House, climbing into the GOP Leader

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