Cheney disagrees with McCain on Rumsfeld
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday challenged GOP presidential hopeful John McCain's assertion that Donald H. Rumsfeld was one of the country's worst defense secretaries.
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Vice President Dick Cheney reaffirmed the Bush administration's commitment to the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq during a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier Wednesday, saying "the American people will not support a policy of retreat."
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday defended the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein harbored al-Qaida and other terrorists and again connecting the war to the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday the United States cannot successfully fight the war on terrorism "if we try to retreat behind our oceans" and reiterated his criticism that Sen. John Kerry has a "pre-9/11 mind-set."
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Outspoken Republican Senator John McCain says he has "no confidence" in Donald Rumsfeld's handling of Iraq.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq  defended his record on Thursday in the face of strong criticism  from Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential contender in  2008.
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Republican Sen. John McCain, a staunch defender of the Iraq war, on Tuesday faulted the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing the conflict would be "some kind of day at the beach."
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A war of words erupted between Vice  President Dick Cheney and the top Democrat in Congress on  Wednesday after Cheney said lawmakers opposing a U.S. troop  buildup in Iraq "validate the al Qaeda strategy."
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Vice President Dick Cheney and  Democratic Sen. John Edwards battled fiercely over the war in  Iraq Tuesday in a debate that featured repeated personal  attacks on the other side's records and judgment.
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday questioned Sen. John Kerry's call for a "more sensitive" war on terror, saying it won't impress the Sept. 11 terrorists or the Islamic militants who have beheaded U.S. citizens &#151; criticism Kerry dismissed as negative politics.
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday made a play for the traditionally Democratic-leaning state of New Jersey with a sharp attack on Democrat John Kerry's stance on the war on terrorism.
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Sen. John Edwards on Tuesday assailed Vice President Dick Cheney for claiming Iraq was "a remarkable success story" and argued that the Bush administration is out of touch with the reality of the failure there.
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WASHINGTON Senator John McCain declined on Sunday to endorse the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and questioned whether the planned increase in US forces in Iraq would provide enough security for the country&#39;s elections on Jan. 30.
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The continuing debate among Republicans over whether Donald H. Rumsfeld should remain as defense secretary grew more fractious on Sunday, as two prominent senators
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Sen. John McCain, his presidential campaign weighed down by Iraq, on Monday rejected a proposal from two fellow Republicans demanding a new war strategy that would limit the role of U.S. troops.
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A former U.S. Justice Department official told senators that Vice President Dick Cheney disagreed with objections to a secret surveillance program.
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Avoiding mention of the president, Senator John McCain has focused his support for the war in Iraq on Gen. David H. Petraeus.