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MSNBC/The Elkhart TruthBENTON HARBOR, Mich. - Former Vice President Dick Cheney held back no criticism Thursday of President Barack Obama, strongly questioning the administration's policy in Afghanistan and its approach to combating terrorism.
Cheney, speaking to the Economic Club of Southwest Michigan, was harshest when addressing a Department of Justice investigation into so-called "enhanced interrogations" used by the CIA and military on detained suspected terrorists.
"I find that absolutely abhorrent," said Cheney, who served under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. "It bothers the heck out of me that we would go after those people who have been instrumental in preventing further attacks against the United States."
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When the Bush administration re-evaluated its position on the Afghanistan war in late 2008, Cheney said, it passed on the results to the new administration instead of changing course itself. Obama followed that advice at first, he said, but now seems to be backing off.
"Our adversaries take heart from our hesitation and vacillation," he said, "because it underlies their basic strategy: If you kill enough Americans, you can change their policy."
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