Who is running foreign policy?

Former Vice President Cheney once again reappeared in public (Fox) to comment on the underwear bomber and offer up his solution; Use the proven foreign policy technique of bombing in this case Yemen. At least this bomber had ties to the country. The President of course would have none of it, except that sources are reporting the United States is planning on an airbase in Yemen. This begs the question just who is running the foreign policy of the country? It would appear to be Dick Cheney and that should scare anyone. He has been wrong about everything in the Middle East. Here's a man who loves war but when his country needed him most he couldn't be bothered by serving. I cannot understand how and why we do anything that this man suggests.