WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the Bush administration's economic record, the invasion of Iraq and the treatment of suspected terrorists, warning that reversing its anti-terrorism policies endangers Americans. "We've accomplished nearly everything we set out to do," ex-Vice President Dick Cheney says Sunday about Iraq. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN's "State of the Union," Cheney said the harsh interrogations of suspects and the use of warrantless electronic surveillance were "absolutely essential" to get information to prevent more attacks like the 2001 suicide hijackings that targeted New York and Washington. "President Obama campaigned against it all across the country, and now he is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack," he said.
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NEW: Cheney: Harsh interrogations, warrantless eavesdropping "essential"
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NEW: Former vice president says Bush rebuffed his advice on two big issues
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"An administration has to be able to respond to [crises] and we did," Cheney said
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Cheney cites costs of dealing with 9/11 attacks, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
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