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Obama to Announce 34,000 Troop Afghanistan Drawdown This Year at State of the Union
President Obama will announce at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address that 34,000 troops – more than half of those currently serving in the combat region – will be back from Afghanistan a year from tonight.
Dick Cheney Backs Drones — But Hits Obama For Wanting To Do ‘Serious, Serious Damage’ To Military
“I think it’s a good program,” Cheney said of drones. Asked about whether there should be “checks and balances,” Cheney said no.
“No, I think when we hire the president of the United States — he gets to live in the big house, makes all that money. He is getting paid to make difficult, difficult decisions,” he said.
Rose went on to follow up on the earlier remarks Cheney made about Obama’s nominees being “second-rate people.” Cheney said he’s concerned about the country in terms of national security.
“I think the administration’s policies are terribly flawed,” he argued, and Obama’s performance in the international arena particularly.
“Is the problem with the president and his policies or is it with Chuck Hagel, John Brennan — John Kerry?” Rose asked.
“The president picks the people that he puts around him, too,” Cheney replied, later adding, “My guess is, if you look at what the president’s motives are for picking Chuck Hagel, I think he wants a Republican to go be the — the foil, if you will, for what he wants to do to the Defense Department, which is I think to do serious, serious damage to our military capabilities.
Obama, he said, has made his choices partly “based on people who won’t argue with him.”
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