Posted on 06/10/2014 5:27:23 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
FInal approval for the prisoner exchange that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was made by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, members of Congress learned on Monday from administration officials.
'They indicated (it was) Secretary Hagel (who made the final call),' Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA) said after a classified briefing, ABC points out.
'It was the president of the United States that came out (in the Rose Garden) with the Bergdahls and took all the credit and now that there’s been a little pushback he’s moving away from it and it’s Secretary Hagel?'
Last week, Hagel said the swap was a unanimous decision when speaking to the BBC.
'It was the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of National Intelligence, Attorney General,' he said.
'It was our judgement based on the information that we had that his life, his health were in peril,' Hagel also told the channel in defense of not giving Congress 30 days' notice of the plan.
'Can you imagine if we would have waited or taken the chance of leaks over a 30-day period?' Hagel said.
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Hilarity ensues at Twitchy.com...
‘The wheels on the bus’: CNN reports WH officials say SecDef Hagel made final call on Bergdahl trade
He’s already taken responsibility for this.
Americal again?
OK Chucky, time to fall on your sword for Bambi.
Who were voted in by 8 year olds.
And who are ready to vote again, soon.
Hagel should abruptly quit. If he doesn’t quit and tell the truth about it, I lose all respect for him. If he does quit, he is a very brave man.
Wait for it.....
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