He was an easterner who took Wyoming as his home, or as he might have said in his fluent Spanish, his querencia, the place in the ring where the bull makes its final stand. He was an oilman who championed the environment; a Republican state senator who crusaded for Wyoming to get more for her mineral resources; a diplomat who confronted dictators and his own government; a World War II marine who opposed the 2002 invasion of Iraq. He helped launch Dick Cheney’s career, but bitterly opposed vice president Cheney’s support of torture of suspected terrorists.