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Democrats and Republicans have come together to mourn former US Vice-President Dick Cheney at his funeral in Washington DC.
Cheney, who served under President George W Bush from 2001-09, died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease in early November. He was 84.
Bush, a Republican, said in his eulogy: “In a profession that attracts talkers, he was a thinker and a listener.” Former President Joe Biden, a Democrat, also attended.
Cheney was one of the most powerful vice-presidents in history, a key architect of Bush’s “war on terror” after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and an early advocate of the invasion of Iraq.
