Cheney approves of Obama's security team
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Cheney approves of Obama's security team
VP lauds Obama's choice of national security team
2 hrs 53 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney is calling President-elect Barack Obama's national security lineup "a pretty good team."
In a wide-ranging interview with ABC News with 35 days left in the Bush administration, Cheney also again vehemently defended going to war in Iraq, said waterboarding of suspects in the war on terror was justified in some instances and opposed closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"I must say, I think it's a pretty good team," Cheney said of Obama's national security choices, in a segment of the interview broadcast Tuesday on "Good Morning America."
"I'm not close to Barack Obama, obviously, nor do I identify with him politically. He's a liberal. I'm a conservative," he said.
But the vice president also said he thinks "the idea of keeping (Bob) Gates at defense is excellent. I think (retired Gen.) Jim Jones will be very, very effective as the national security adviser."
And Cheney said that while "I would not have hired" Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state, "I think she's tough. She's smart, she works very hard and she may turn out to be just what President Obama needs."
Cheney also urged the incoming administration to "carefully assess the tools put in place to fight terror" and to not cast aside strategies he said worked for the current administration.
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Aaron- Number of posts : 9841
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Re: Cheney approves of Obama's security team
Well that is no surprise that cheney would approve is it?
The ones who do not approve are the ones who elected him. imo
The ones who do not approve are the ones who elected him. imo
sodbuster- Number of posts : 1890
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Re: Cheney approves of Obama's security team
Because he's governing from the center, just as someone on this board predicted he would do.
Aaron- Number of posts : 9841
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Well speaking of Hillary and all, the talk seems to have subsided a little about giving her seat to Caroline Kennedy.
And Bill has been talking up Chelsea for a political career.
Personally I think her odds are better if she moves here to wv, but maybe the Clintons know a little more about NY politics than they are given credit for...
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081119/photos_ts_afp/4683828f58bd29cffdfae0b57e08f7dc/
And Bill has been talking up Chelsea for a political career.
Personally I think her odds are better if she moves here to wv, but maybe the Clintons know a little more about NY politics than they are given credit for...
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081119/photos_ts_afp/4683828f58bd29cffdfae0b57e08f7dc/
sodbuster- Number of posts : 1890
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Re: Cheney approves of Obama's security team
Except for Hillary, Obama's national security team so far looks superior to Bush's. We'll see what he does with the intel chiefs, though.
Randall- Number of posts : 126
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Re: Cheney approves of Obama's security team
How do you evaluate an intelligence chief, Randall?
Serious question.
(unless you personally know and trust them)
Serious question.
(unless you personally know and trust them)
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