US EditionA Bipartisan Show of Respect and Remembrance Is Set for Dick Cheney’s Funeral, Absent Trump
More than 1,000 guests, including former presidents and vice presidents from both parties, attended the service honoring Cheney's impact on national security and bipartisan respect.
- On Thursday, a memorial service for former Vice President Dick Cheney convened at Washington National Cathedral at 11 a.m. ET, excluding President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
- Known as a consequential vice president, Dick Cheney died earlier this month at age 84 from complications related to pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, after breaking with President Donald Trump.
- Among scheduled speakers are Liz Cheney, former Wyoming representative, and former President George W. Bush will deliver the eulogy; the service includes full military honors and more than 1,000 invited guests.
- The memorial staged a bipartisan display that nonetheless highlighted political divisions in attendance, as the White House ordered flags lowered to half-staff but President Donald Trump issued no public statement or proclamation.
- Cheney's policy record includes central roles in the War on Terror and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and he later became a vocal critic of Donald Trump endorsing Kamala Harris, former Vice President and 2024 nominee.
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Former President George W. Bush, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), former Assistant Defense Secretary Pete Williams, the vice president’s longtime physician Jonathan Reiner and three of his grandchildren all delivered eulogies.
The former president, alongside members of Cheney's family, gave the keynote address at the funeral service, which was held in Washington on Thursday.
Funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney held in Washington, D.C.
shutterstock_107738792-1794063Current and former political leaders from both sides of the aisle gathered at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday for the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney, whose decades in public life made him one of the
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