Posted on 06/04/2014 3:52:13 AM PDT by bryan999
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf engaged in a heated exchange Tuesday with a reporter over the circumstances surrounding Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s capture five years ago, saying she does not think his squad mates have the best idea of what happened when he disappeared.
When Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson asked, “Does the State Department consider Sergeant Bergdahl to be a deserter?” Harf replied, “The State Department — no, Lucas. Look, what we’ve said is we are going to learn the facts about what happened here.”
“He’s been in captivity, Lucas. I think he’s probably the person who knows best what happened on that night,” Harf said.
Tomlinson shot back, “Well, I think his squad mates have the best indication what happened that night.”
“I don’t think that that’s the case,” Harf responded.
Harf directed Tomlinson to “Google it on the web, and you’ll find a ton of conflicting reports”—dismissing the multiple accounts of Bergdahl’s desertion that have emerged over the past several days.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
Video @ link.
Where did they dig up this airhead?
Why do libs always find the very worst person to represent their identity politics? Susan Rice, Al Sharpton, etc.
The state department will know the circumstances once they read about it in the newspapers and of course, the military reports are sealed.
I thought Jen Psaki was as bad as it could get. Then I saw Marie Harf.
Where do they get these people? You could pick a random person off the New York Subway and he would be a better spokesperson.
Bet that CIA dude that was outed knows the story and HAD the evidence. IMHO, The guys gonna take a walk in Marcy Park and poof...
What an incredibly poor spokesperson (regardless of the ridiculousness of the circumstances).
Well, we do know Obama loves “Homeland”
Obama Invokes “Homeland” Terror Narrative with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Just Prior to Wave of Domestic Terror Attacks
This whole thing makes me more upset every minute.
CiC places absolutely no value in the military.
“You could pick a random person off the New York Subway and he would be a better spokesperson.”
Probably not. A person picked at random would probably tell the truth.
All of her railing and caterwauling is just her increadibly maladroit way of saying "This matter is under investigation, we cannot comment at this time".
He sent his parents some boxes. He said "and use them". Them what??
The dude who did the Bergdahl's bio for Rolling Stone crashed and died at age 33.. IIRC, it was right after the article.
Why did we release FIVE radical terrorist murders for ONE supposed captive?
The BS never ends from these people...
Here’s the entire press briefing in case anyone missed it (I posted it earlier in another thread). All the Bergdahl questioning stuff starts around 36:00 minutes or so:
http://video.state.gov/en/video/3604027165001
Marie Harf looks like she’s going to barf once it gets going. You can see the sweat beading up on her brow and upper lip. She knows she’s lying.
I wonder if Bowe was a captive or a guest.
Let him tell his story then. I’m sure his CIC is anxious to find out as well by watching on TeeVee.
Where does the government get these people? This young State Department employee has clearly used the bottle of peroxide too often and it has not only colored her hair blonde, it has also burnt right through the scalp and fried her brain. She’s a moron.
I think they already did, with the ‘dude’ guy.
He wasn’t as bad as this.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/fashion/weddings/marie-harf-joshua-lucas-weddings.html?_r=0
April 15, 2012
Ms. Harf, 30, is keeping her name. She works in Chicago as the associate policy director for national security for President Obama’s re-election campaign. Before joining it in December, she was a spokeswoman for the Central Intelligence Agency. She graduated from Indiana University and received a master’s degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
She is the daughter of Jane Ax Harf of Granville, Ohio, and James E. Harf of St. Louis. The bride’s father is the associate vice president and the director of the Center for Global Education at Maryville University in St. Louis. He is also a professor emeritus of political science at Ohio State University in Columbus. Her mother is the director of the University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio, a statewide organization in Columbus that supports clean energy research.
Mr. Lucas, also 30, is completing a master’s degree in law and diplomacy at Tufts University. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale.
He is the son of Tricia H. Lucas and John E. Lucas of Manchester, N.H. The bridegroom’s mother works in Concord, N.H., as the advocacy director for New Futures, a nonprofit organization that combats alcohol and drug abuse. His father is a lawyer for the State of New Hampshire Office of Legislative Services in Concord.
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