On the recordMay 21, 2009
What he was saying to Barack Obama is, get off our backs. Stop kicking us around. We actually did keep the country safe for eight years.
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Bill Bennett
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transcripts.cnn.comBill Bennett: “What he was saying to Barack Obama is, get off our backs. Stop kicking us around. We actually did keep the country safe…”
Editor's note · Context
Bennett interprets Cheney's message to Obama as a defense of the Bush administration's record on national security.
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