Days into his new job, US Vice President Joe Biden says he sees his role as being a "confidant" and "adviser" to President Obama. "I don't see myself as the deputy president. I see myself as the president's confidant," Mr Biden told CBS News programme Face the Nation. "Hopefully I'm the last person in the room with every important decision he makes," the former senator added. (snip) Mr Cheney was reputed to have been the architect of some of the Bush administration's most controversial policies, from the Iraq war, to interrogation tactics and an unprecedented spy programme. In contrast, Mr...