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Joseph Lieberman and Dick Cheney at Centre College’s Norton Center for the Arts in Danville, Kentucky, for the vice presidential debate. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Unflappable Dick Cheney

The former vice president provided a serious, calming presence when stakes were highest.
Joseph Lieberman and Dick Cheney at Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts in Danville, Kentucky, for the vice presidential debate. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

As we bid farewell to former Vice President Richard B. Cheney this week and review his legacy, much of the focus has been on his impact on policy, particularly the reshaping of our national security in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and his extraordinary résumé as White House chief of staff, a six-term member of the House, House minority whip, secretary of defense, and ultimately vice president of the United States.

Rob Portman served in the U.S. Senate from 2011 to 2021. Prior to that, he served six terms in the U.S. House, in two Cabinet-level jobs in the George W. Bush 43 administration—U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget—and as associate counsel to the president and director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs in the George H.W. Bush White House.

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