Bill Clinton Takes 'Aim' at Cheney's Criticisms of Obama's Foreign Policy

Former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that he disagrees with former Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that President Obama's foreign policies have made the nation less safe.

Talking with reporters after at a campaign event for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, Clinton said he believes the country's foreign policy is better off in the hands of his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who is a holdover from the Bush administration.

"I like this new approach. I think it will serve us well," he said, referring to the administration's diplomatic outreach to countries that were isolated by Bush officials.

In a round of media appearances, Cheney, who rarely spoke in public when he was in office, has criticized the Obama administration on a number of issues, including releasing memos detailing Bush-era enhanced interrogation techniques.

Asked whether he was surprised by Cheney's vocal opposition, Clinton said, "He feels very strongly about it. I think that the president and secretary of state will prove to have better aim in foreign policy."

Clinton grinned and pretended he was shooting a pistol when he said the word "aim," though it wasn't clear whether the comment and gesture were a poke at the infamous hunting accident in which Cheney shot his friend in the face, causing non-fatal wounds.

FOX News' Jake Gibson contributed to this report.