Miss California is not backing down from the answer regarding gay marriage she gave on Sunday night’s Miss USA telecast.

Carrie Prejean told FOXNews.com that she had “no regrets” and was happy with the answer she gave when a Miss USA judge, the gossip blogger Perez Hilton, asked about her stance on same-sex marriage.

“I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman,” she said on the live broadcast. “No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.”

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One person who was offended was Keith Lewis, co-director the Miss California competition, which Prejean won to make it into the Miss USA pageant. Lewis told FOXNews.com that he was “saddened” by Prejean’s statement.

“I am personally … hurt that Miss California believes marriage rights belong only to a man and a woman,” said Lewis in a statement.

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Surviving victims, family members and current Columbine High School students as well as members of the community heard prayers, music, speeches and a videotaped message from former President Bill Clinton.

It was “a day that changed us forever,” said Clinton, who occupied the White House on April 20, 1999.

Clinton said he was inspired by the courage of the Columbine community after the shootings.

“Ten years, 20 years. For many of you it will always feel like yesterday,” Clinton said. “The strength and resolve of your small community has been a beacon of hope.”

People dropped off flower bouquets and notes of sympathy at the Columbine Memorial, right next to the amphitheater.

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In an interview with FOX News’ Sean Hannity aired on “Hannity” Monday night, Cheney questioned the point of releasing the legal decisions behind the interrogations but not the outcome of them.

“One of the things that I find a little bit disturbing about this recent disclosure is they put out the legal memos, the memos that the CIA got from the Office of Legal Counsel, but they didn’t put out the memos that showed the success of the effort,” Cheney said.

Cheney said he’s asked that the documents be declassified because he has remained silent on the confidential information, but he knows how successful the interrogation process was and wants the rest of the country to understand.

“I haven’t talked about it, but I know specifically of reports that I read, that I saw, that lay out what we learned through the interrogation process and what the consequences were for the country,” Cheney said. “I’ve now formally asked the CIA to take steps to declassify those memos so we can lay them out there and the American people have a chance to see what we obtained and what we learned and how good the intelligence was.”

Cheney says he doesn’t find it surprising that he’s still asked for his views on administrative policies and thinks it’s appropriate for those with a different point of view to be able to express it — and give the American people the ability to evaluate.

“It’s important to not personally attack the new president — I’ve never done that,” said Cheney.

The former vice president says the biggest task he had was to protect the nation’s security following 9/11 and to ensure such devastation would never happen again.  He says many of the policies he set up are currently being dismantled by the Obama administration.

“There’s a great temptation for a new administration to find a problem and blame it on the predecessor.  We did it.  The Obama administration is not the first one to do that,” said Cheney.

Since his departure from the White House, Cheney says he’s been concerned over the way the U.S. has been presented overseas and finds Obama’s apologies to various countries “disturbing.” He also feels Obama’s “coziness” with America’s opponents like Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chavez is not “helpful.”

“Since the U.S. provides most leadership in the world,  I don’t think we have much to apologize for,” said Cheney.

While he feels that a president needs to interact with adversaries, Cheney says it’s important to distinguish between the good guys and bad guys.  He says that the world will be quick to take advantage of a situation if they feel like they’re dealing with a weak president.

“It’s important the U.S. that we don’t come off as arrogant — but also important to not come across as weak, indecisive and apologetic,” said Cheney.

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