Cheney, yang melakukan kunjungan dua-hari ke sekutu utama AS, Australia, memuji dukungan kuat Perdana Menteri John Howard bagi perang pimpinan AS dan perjuangannya melawan teror, dan mengatakan satu-satunya pilihan bagi kelangsungan hidup ialah melawan dengan gigih.
Cheney, launching a two-day visit to key US ally Australia, praised Prime Minister John Howard's staunch support of the US-led war and its fight against terror, saying the only option for survival was to fight back ferociously.