Posted on 06/10/2014 7:55:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The last question asked at Monday night's closed-door briefing of members of the House of Representatives was a simple one: Who made the decision to transfer five top Taliban officials held at Guantanamo Bay to Qatar in exchange for the return of the Taliban's lone American POW, Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl?
According to Buck McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, the Obama administration's briefers told he gathered House members that the person responsible for the decision to make the deal was not President Obama but Chuck Hagel, the secretary of defense.
"Now wait a minute, are you saying it was Secretary Hagel that made this decision, or was this the president of the United States?" McKeon, a California Republican, said to reporters. "It was the president of the United States that came out with the Bergdahls and took all the credit. And now that there's been a little pushback, he's moving away from it?"
The administration's claim that Hagel, not Obama, made the decision is at odds with what Hagel himself said on Meet the Press on June 1. "I signed off on the decision," Hagel said. "The president made the ultimate decision."
If the Obama administration is trying to put distance between the president and the deal, that appears to be the only thing House members learned at the hour-long briefing
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Step 1: It was my call and I would do it again.
Step 2: Me and my top advisers made a unanimous decision.
Step 3: Don’t blame me, it’s somebody else’s fault.
Obama didn’t even know the deal was made until he read it in the papers and heard it on TV. Dontchaknow??
Yup, Obama’s an affirmative action hire for sure.
“It’s Chuck’s fault. Don’t look at me, I was pouring over economic data on my I-pad...um...yah...the charts...they make a good screen saver when I’m listening to J-zee and eating fish taco’s.”
Yeah yeah.
And the sun was in Obama’s eyes and the refs were against him and the rims were too loose......
Excuses, excuses.
a Real Profile of Courage.
Obama voted present!!!! It’s his pattern. Never make a decision when you can pass the buck!
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