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US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:40 PM PST

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen during a press, after holding talks with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, in Doha the capital of the State of Qatar, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Clinton arrived Sunday in Qatar, where she is holding talks with top government leaders and speaking at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum. (AP Photo/Maneesh Bakshi)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

This photo released by ABC former shows Vice President Dick Cheney during an interview on ABC's This Week in Washington Sunday Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. (AP Photo/ABC, Fred Watkins)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

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2010, file photo Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, seen with Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, testifies about the'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly in the military could be eased and then repealed. 'A guiding principle of our efforts will be to minimize disruption and polarization within the rank with special attention paid to those serving on the front lines,' Gates said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - As promised, the Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly could be eased and then repealed, but a complete repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is probably years away.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

This photo released by ABC former shows Vice President Dick Cheney during an interview on ABC's This Week in Washington Sunday Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. (AP Photo/ABC, Fred Watkins)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

In this image from video released by NBC, Vice President Joe Biden appears from Vancouver, Canada, on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. Biden called Cheney 'misinformed or he is misinforming' on current national security strategies. (AP Photo/NBC, William Plowman)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

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2010, file photo shows the National Debt Clock in New York. The budget President Barack Obama submitted to Congress this month proposes record spending of $3.8 trillion for 2011. Taxes in next year's budget will support only $2.5 trillion of that spending, leaving $1.3 trillion to be borrowed. The Debt Clock is a privately funded estimate of the national debt. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)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

In this image from video released by NBC, Vice President Joe Biden appears from Vancouver, Canada, on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. Biden called Cheney 'misinformed or he is misinforming' on current national security strategies. (AP Photo/NBC, William Plowman)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

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives for a news conference with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani in Doha February 14, 2010. Clinton urged Iran on Sunday to reconsider its 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

Viktor Yanukovich waves to the media after voting during the presidential election at a polling station in Kiev February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Grigory DukorReuters - 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

Vice President Dick Cheney (L) greets Vice President-elect Joe Biden at the Vice President's residence in Washington November 13, 2008. REUTERS/Molly RileyReuters - 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

In this image from video released by NBC, Vice President Joe Biden appears from Vancouver, Canada, on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Pingponging across the airwaves, Vice President Joe Biden and predecessor Cheney bickered Sunday over terror trials and interrogations. Biden called Cheney 'misinformed or he is misinforming' on current national security strategies. (AP Photo/NBC, William Plowman)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

US vice presidents past and present traded blows Sunday with Joe Biden accusing predecessor Dick Cheney, pictured in 2009, of trying to 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

US vice presidents past and present traded blows Sunday with Joe Biden accusing predecessor Dick Cheney, pictured in 2009, of trying to 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

US Vice President Joe Biden wears gloves with the Olympic logo on it during the ski jumping normal hill qualification at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)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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