President Obama has started to come around to the Bush administration's way of thinking when it comes to fighting terrorism, former Vice President Dick Cheney said in an interview aired Tuesday.

Cheney, who two years ago accused Obama of endangering America by dismantling controversial counterterror policies from the Bush administration, said he's since observed Obama become "more sympathetic to the kinds of things we did." In the interview with NBC News, Cheney repeatedly said the president has "learned" while in office the value of programs ranging from Predator drone strikes to the Guantanamo Bay detainee camp.

"I think he's learned that what we did was far more appropriate than he ever gave us credit for while he was a candidate," Cheney said in the interview with NBC News. "So I think he's learned from experience. And part of that experience was the Democrats having a terrible showing last election"...