Dick Cheney

Cheney: I Don't Think Iraq Damaged Our Reputation Around The World

Jillian Rayfield | August 30, 2011, 9:44AM

In an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer on Tuesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney defended many of the most controversial decisions made during his tenure, including waterboarding ("the fact is it worked") and the decision to go to war in Iraq ("I think it was sound policy that dealt with a very serious problem").

"I don't think that it damaged our reputation around the world," Cheney said of Iraq. "I just don't believe that. I think critics here at home would argue that."

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