U.S.VicePresidentDickCheneysaidonFridayhehadnoregretsabouthurlingthe"F-word"atDemocraticSen.PatrickLeahyonTuesday."Iexpressedmyselfratherforcefully,feltbetterafterIhaddoneit,"hesaid."IthinkalotofmycolleaguesfeltwhatIhadsaidbadlyneededtobesaid,thatitwaslongoverdue."
美國副總統切尼周五稱，對於自己周二用「F---」字粗口罵民主黨參議員萊希不感後悔。他說：「我有力地表達了自己，說完舒服多了……我相信很多同僚也認同，我說的話非常該說，而且早就該說。」