Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday it would be a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to scrap the Bush administration‘s terrorist-fighting policies designed to prevent future attacks on the U.S.

Cheney leaves office Jan. 20 as one of the most powerful, if unpopular, vice presidents in recent history. He played a key role in many of Bush’s major policy decisions and, in the interview, was unapologetic in his review of the past eight years.

From Jonathan Karl at ABC News: In an <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6464697&page=1" target="external"> exclusive interview Monday with ABC News</a>, Vice President Dick Cheney issued an unapologetic defense of the Bush administration's anti-terror policies, including the use of waterboarding.

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A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.