Yahoo! News: Elections

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• US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance (AP)
• Biden and Cheney spar over antiterrorism policies (AP)
• Don't ask when: Repeal of gay ban won't be soon (AP)
• Cheney mum on supporting Palin in next election (AP)
• Cheney: Biden should give credit for Iraq to Bush (AP)
• US debt will keep growing even with recovery (AP)
• Biden: Military trial possible for 9/11 suspect (AP)
• Cheney cites Bush disagreements on terror suspects (AP)
• Biden: US making `significant progress' on Iran (AP)
• Role reversal in Sunday showdown (Politico)
• Cheney gives Obama some credit (sort of) on national security (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Yanukovich wins Ukraine presidency: election body (Reuters)
• Biden rejects Cheney attacks over terrorism fight (Reuters)
• Cheney says he opposed Bush officials on policies (AP)
• Cheney says 'a complete supporter' of Obama Afghan effort (AFP)
• Biden vs Cheney: US vice presidents at war on terror (AFP)
• Obama adviser sidesteps Cheney's terror criticism (AP)
• Biden: White House wants to hear GOP health ideas (AP)

US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:40 PM PST AP - U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.

Biden and Cheney spar over antiterrorism policies (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:40 AM PST AP - Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Dick Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations, credit for success in Iraq and the long-running effort to contain Iran's nuclear program.

Don't ask when: Repeal of gay ban won't be soon (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:38 AM PST AP - As promised, the Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly could be eased and then repealed, but a complete repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is probably years away.

Cheney mum on supporting Palin in next election (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:59 AM PST AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he has not decided on a candidate to support for president in the next election, sidestepping a question on whether he would support Sarah Palin for the office.

Cheney: Biden should give credit for Iraq to Bush (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:55 AM PST AP - When Vice President Joe Biden says Iraq war may turn out to be one of President Barack Obama's greatest achievements, Dick Cheney wants credit where he says it's due: the Bush administration.

US debt will keep growing even with recovery (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:11 AM PST AP - It's bad enough that Greece's debt problems have rattled global financial markets. In the world's largest economic and military power, there's a far more serious debt dilemma.

Biden: Military trial possible for 9/11 suspect (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:59 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden says the administration has not ruled out a military trial for the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks even if a civilian trial would be preferable.

Cheney cites Bush disagreements on terror suspects (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:00 AM PST AP - Dick Cheney says there was a major disagreement in the Bush administration about how to bring suspected terrorists to justice.

Biden: US making `significant progress' on Iran (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:35 AM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. had made "significant progress" in addressing Iran's nuclear program.

Role reversal in Sunday showdown (Politico) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:10 PM PST Politico - Dick Cheney and Joe Biden created a portrait of themselves Sunday that would have been unthinkable a year ago: Cheney as the odd man out in the Bush administration, and Biden as a proud supporter of the Bush administration's policies on terrorism.

Cheney gives Obama some credit (sort of) on national security (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:48 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Former Vice President Dick Cheney, lead defender of the Bush legacy and critic-in-chief of President Obama, lambasted the Democratic administration again Sunday, saying it underestimates the terrorist threat and has no process for dealing with terrorism suspects in its custody. And those were just a few of the arrows he let fly during his appearance on ABC's "This Week."

Yanukovich wins Ukraine presidency: election body (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:08 PM PST Reuters - Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich was declared president-elect by the main election body on Sunday, leaving rival Yulia Tymoshenko with only a slender chance to take power through a legal challenge.

Biden rejects Cheney attacks over terrorism fight (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:04 PM PST Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden rejected assertions by Dick Cheney on Sunday that the Obama administration was soft on terrorism and waterboarding should have been an option for the suspect in an attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.

Cheney says he opposed Bush officials on policies (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:58 AM PST AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he disagreed with the Bush administration's release of prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center and with the decision to subject terrorists to criminal courts.

Cheney says 'a complete supporter' of Obama Afghan effort (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:07 AM PST AFP - Former US vice president Dick Cheney, who normally is a fierce critic of Barack Obama, gave his full backing Sunday to the president and his administration on Afghanistan.

Biden vs Cheney: US vice presidents at war on terror (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 02:19 PM PST AFP - Vice presidents past and present traded blows Sunday with Joe Biden accusing his predecessor Dick Cheney of trying to "rewrite history" by painting the current US administration as soft on terror.

Obama adviser sidesteps Cheney's terror criticism (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:58 AM PST AP - The White House national security adviser is refusing to get into it with Dick Cheney over the former vice president's criticism of the Obama administration's terror-fighting policies.

Biden: White House wants to hear GOP health ideas (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:02 AM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden says the White House is ready and willing to listen to health care ideas from Republicans.

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