"I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been during the first term when we stripped Libya and Iraq and A.Q. Khan and their capacity to proliferate nuclear technology"

This quote by Dick Cheney recommends that the US was more successful in preventing nuclear expansion throughout the first regard to the administration than the 2nd term. Particularly, Cheney points out the effective stripping of Libya, Iraq, and A.Q. Khan of their capacity to multiply nuclear innovation. This suggests that the US was able to effectively avoid the spread of nuclear innovation throughout the very first term, but was not as successful in the 2nd term. This could be due to a variety of elements, such as an absence of resources, an absence of political will, or an absence of global cooperation. Whatever the cause, it is clear that the United States was not as reliable in the 2nd term in avoiding nuclear proliferation as it had remained in the first term.