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Obama and Cheney Address the Politics of National Security
The President and the former Vice President could hardly disagree more on the right and wrong policies for keeping America safe. In dueling speeches today, they advanced their views and repudiated each other on issues including interrogations, Guantánamo Bay and the Constitution.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe President and the former Vice President could hardly disagree more on the right and wrong policies for keeping America safe. In dueling speeches today, they advanced their views and repudiated each other on issues including interrogations, Guantánamo Bay and the Constitution. Speaking at the National Archives, Obama said he'll protect the nation while preserving the rule of law. Cheney spoke at the American Enterprise Institute, where he said critics of tough anti-terrorist measures "distort the truth." We talk to reporters and others about today's quasi-debate. Will it change perceptions of the past? Will it help shape the future?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
New York Times Washington Correspondent who covers health policy
Jonathan Landay
Reuters
John Eastman
National Organization for Marriage
The full episode
2 of 3National Security: Refining the Differences- 0:00New York Bomb Plot Targets Synagogues, Military Planes
- 7:39Obama and Cheney Address the Politics of National SecurityYou’re reading this
- 43:32Congress Approves Loaded, Concealed Guns in National Parks