Former Vice President Dick Cheney, sits down with "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace to talk about his new book “In My Time” and much more.

In his book, Cheney recounts his role in policymaking especially in the area of foreign policy.

He "lost" the argument about whether the US should target Syria's nuclear program when no one in the administration agreed with him and the president pursued diplomatic channels. Cheney noted that Israel ended up taking matters into their own hands, “which is what needed to be done.”

The administration also chose to pursue diplomatic channels with regards to North Korea, going so far as to take that nation of the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

"The tendency of the State Department was to make another concession, to see if that would get them to fulfill their commitments and their obligations. They never did...They basically functioned with impunity in diplomatic sense and we never did get on top of the North Korea problem during our time in office."

Asked whether his role was diminished in the second term of the Bush Administration, Cheney says, "I think my clout was diminished, that's possible. I wouldn't quarrel about that." But that he adds that he didn’t measure success on "the debates I won with respect to policy."

Cheney said, "I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear non proliferation as we had been during the first term."

The former vice president also writes about reading in the newspapers that the administration was going to pull troops from Iraq earlier than planned, just after implementing a surge in 2007.

Cheney said despite the pressure coming from his own party on Capitol Hill, and members of his staff, President Bush did the right thing, he stuck with the surge.

With regards to Iran's nuclear program, Cheney says he never advocated for a strike but he did want to "keep all options on the table."

Cheney begins his book with recounting the morning of 9/11, and said he remembers it "like it was only yesterday."

He described the Secret Service rushing him out of his office as the planes hit the twin towers in New York.

And recounted watching with White House colleagues as the towers fell "knowing thousands at that moment were being killed."

Anchor Chris Wallace also asked the long-time public official for his opinion on current affairs.

Cheney said he gets the sense that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is one of the more "competent members of the Administration," and although he is not aware of any plans she may have to run against President Barack Obama in 2012, he would not discourage a primary on their side, calling it "good for our democratic system."

But, Cheney added, he expects he will support whomever the Republican Party nominates for 2012.

Cheney also said he does not fear the Republican Party will nominate a candidate who will have trouble in the general election, instead praising the tea party influence.

Congress is paying a lot of attention to the tea party "as they should," Cheney said.

"They represent significant body of opinion out in the country."