WASHINGTON —

The scene at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday boasted bipartisanship amid remembrance at the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney. In attendance were pews full of former presidents and vice presidents — but neither of the men occupying those offices today.

Why? Neither were on the list for the invitation-only event. In his later years, Cheney had ramped up criticism for President Donald Trump and, in last year's election, endorsed his Democratic opponent.

A look at who was there — and who wasn't — for Cheney's funeral:

George W. Bush

The former president, seated with his wife Laura, eulogized his vice president as “solid and rare and reliable,” praising a man whose “talent and his restraint” exceeded his ego and was “smart and polished, without airs.”

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