Don Gagne

He was an unusually influential vice president and an unwavering proponent of an aggressive U.S.

military policy following the 9-11 attacks.

That included going to war in Iraq to confront Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.

No such weapons were ever found.

Cheney, though, was unrepentant to the end.

Don Gagne, NPR News.

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I've been in and around Allegheny County these past couple of days and in West Mifflin where a key U.S. Steel facility is located. So let's start there with the local mayor. His name is Chris Kelly.

I've been in and around Allegheny County these past couple of days and in West Mifflin where a key U.S. Steel facility is located. So let's start there with the local mayor. His name is Chris Kelly.

I've been in and around Allegheny County these past couple of days and in West Mifflin where a key U.S. Steel facility is located. So let's start there with the local mayor. His name is Chris Kelly.

And he made it clear they were tears of joy he's talking.

And he made it clear they were tears of joy he's talking.

And he made it clear they were tears of joy he's talking.

Yeah, he's lived it. He grew up in a nearby town where he says it was decades of decline. He says one mill after another closed and more than 200,000 jobs disappeared.

Yeah, he's lived it. He grew up in a nearby town where he says it was decades of decline. He says one mill after another closed and more than 200,000 jobs disappeared.

Yeah, he's lived it. He grew up in a nearby town where he says it was decades of decline. He says one mill after another closed and more than 200,000 jobs disappeared.

And he sees the new investments from Nippon Steel as new life.

And he sees the new investments from Nippon Steel as new life.

And he sees the new investments from Nippon Steel as new life.

So most are only just learning some of the details, but it's being welcomed for lots of reasons. I met 55-year-old Malik Swain outside a local restaurant. He said it's good news, including what updating these old mills will mean for the environment.