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Rep. Walt Minnick (ID) backs prisoner swap for Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl
Idaho Statesman ^ | 4/9/2010 | Kathleen Kreller

Posted on 04/09/2010 10:24:33 AM PDT by Domandred

The U.S. government should work out a prisoner trade with the terrorist group holding Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey hostage, Rep. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, said Thursday.

In an appearance on Nate Shelman's afternoon show on 670 KBOI, Minnick said, "What the family and what I am hoping for is that we can work out some kind of a prisoner trade that down the road might release him but do it in a way that we get him back, but we aren't trading a thousand for one."

The Taliban released a video Wednesday in which Bergdahl pleaded for his freedom, saying that he wanted to return to his family in Hailey and that the war in Afghanistan is not worth the number of lives that have been lost or wasted in prison. At the end of the video, a speaker demanded the release of a limited number of prisoners in exchange for Bergdahl.

(Excerpt) Read more at idahostatesman.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; democrat; democrats; idaho; minnick; votedemocratsout; wot
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To: Domandred

could we swap him for nancy pelosi?


21 posted on 04/09/2010 4:44:03 PM PDT by Chickensoup (We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
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