FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Vice President Dick Cheney is in Rome, where he has just finished meeting with Pope John Paul II. The pope opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Let's get more now from our John King, who is traveling with the vice president, and he's in Vatican City -- John.</s>JOHN KING, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Fredricka, good morning to you from the Vatican. We are in a courtyard in the center of the Vatican. Vice President Cheney is about to wrap up his meetings here and depart, and he will later today thank some U.S. troops who participated, some of them participated in the war in Iraq. A brief meeting here at the Vatican with John Pope Paul II, as you noted. The pope and the Vatican fiercely opposed the war in Iraq. No direct mention of that in their meeting today, although perhaps the pope had Iraq in mind when he told the vice president -- quote -- "I encourage you and your fellow citizens to work at home and in the world for the growth of international cooperation." Now, that is one theme of the vice president's visit to Europe -- just his second international trip as vice president. Mr. Cheney is viewed suspiciously by many in Europe, as one who the Europeans believe has pushed a go-it-alone U.S. foreign policy. But on this trip, Fredricka, he has been insisting the United States wants help from others in Europe and from the United Nations in post-war Iraq. And we've been trying to ask the vice president about that David Kay comment for a few days, but he has not answered any questions on that subject -- or at least not just yet.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, John King, thanks very much. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
Vice President Dick Cheney at Vatican