Former vice president Dick Cheney predicted his book would make heads explode, and many of the slow burners are some of his former colleagues in the George W. Bush administration.

Former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice protested what she called the implicit "attack on my integrity" in Cheney's claim that she misled Bush on talks with the North Koreans.

"I kept the president fully and completely informed about every in and out of the negotiations with the North Koreans," Rice told Reuters. "You can talk about policy differences without suggesting that your colleague somehow misled the president. You know, I don't appreciate the attack on my integrity that that implies."

Rice's predecessor, Colin Powell, has also challenged parts of Cheney's book, calling them "cheap shots."

In an interview with USA TODAY's Susan Page, Cheney said the book In My Time has "stirred things up a bit" but is an honest account of his years in public life.

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