Bush hails Cheney as 'the one I needed' as vice president

Former President George W. Bush said that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s death was "a loss to the nation and a sorrow to his friends."

"Laura and I will remember Dick Cheney for the decent, honorable man that he was," Bush said in a statement obtained by Fox News. Cheney's death was announced Tuesday morning.

"History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation — a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held," Bush's statement reads, in part.

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