
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday sharply criticized President Barack Obama's handling of terrorism policy and defended harsh interrogation methods that Obama has labeled torture.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday sharply criticized President Barack Obama's handling of terrorism policy and defended harsh interrogation methods that Obama has labeled torture.
This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," June 1, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter.
-- Text of former Vice President Dick Cheney's speech Thursday on national security at the American Enterprise Institute think tank in Washington, as transcribed by CQ.
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's defense Thursday of the Bush administration's policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions.
Vice President Dick Cheney defends Bush administration policies during a speech Thursday in Washington. Cheney argued that the Bush administration "didn't invent" the authority exercised in the war against al Qaeda and others.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney plans to justify his post-office visibility by saying, essentially, that President Obama started it. "When President Obama makes wise.
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