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U.S.-Taliban Prisoner Exchange [Hearing - Live Thread]
CSPAN ^ | June 11, 2014

Posted on 06/11/2014 6:23:23 AM PDT by don-o

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Defense Department General Counsel Stephen Preston testify on the release of five Taliban detainees in exchange for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; bergdahldealhearing; hagel; livetalian5hearing; taliban5hearing
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To: hummingbird
Hasn't it been settled on many angles that Bergdahl was NOT a POW? That he was AWOL, that he was a deserter, that he was a defector.

Not settled in the legal sense.

121 posted on 06/11/2014 9:11:58 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Kline trying to find out who selected the Taliban Five. Not getting an answer.


122 posted on 06/11/2014 9:15:15 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Confusion = lying


123 posted on 06/11/2014 9:18:20 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: don-o

“Lot of confusion. We didn’t know from day to day what we had and what we didn’t have.”

“We did get him back.”

DRINK!!


124 posted on 06/11/2014 9:18:41 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Bushbacker1

THAT!


125 posted on 06/11/2014 9:19:09 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Hank Johnson: It’s clear we did not negotiate with terrorists.

Thanks for clearing the up. :o/


126 posted on 06/11/2014 9:22:38 AM PDT by maggief
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To: don-o

Johnson up. Run, Guam is going to tip over!


127 posted on 06/11/2014 9:23:01 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: don-o

Wow the head of the Defense Dept and General Counsel DO NOT KNOW the relationship between the Haqqani Network and the Taliban??

Look on Wikipedia, Dudes.


128 posted on 06/11/2014 9:23:44 AM PDT by tellw
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To: All

Hagel indicated Bergdahl’s fellow soldiers don’t know what happened. Someone should ask:

“Mr. Secretary, who knew more about what was going on in your unit in Viet Nam in 1968? You? Or some Washington politician?”

Then point out that the Mi Lai massacre, in 1968, was successfully prosecuted with the testimony of soldiers on the ground.


129 posted on 06/11/2014 9:23:56 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: don-o

Hank Johnson?


130 posted on 06/11/2014 9:24:11 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Red_Devil 232
Hank Johnson?

The one and only.

131 posted on 06/11/2014 9:26:28 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Bushbacker1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XXVLKWd3Q

Congressman Hank Johnson fears Guam will tip over


132 posted on 06/11/2014 9:27:50 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

I wish someone would ask if he would feel any direct responsibility if anyone is killed by one of the five he just released.


133 posted on 06/11/2014 9:30:40 AM PDT by kempster
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To: kempster; maggief; don-o; All

Hagel: Taliban Deal Signed Nearly a Month Ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmpVO0sgU1Q

Hagel: I Know That Trust Has Been Broken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN_fj9U_P0s

Hagel Has No Idea if We’ve Traded with Taliban in Past

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZzdCXnY2pw


134 posted on 06/11/2014 9:31:34 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow

Isn’t somebody going to ask him flat out if Bergdahl voluntarily walked away from his post? Or if he left a note, and if so, what it said?


135 posted on 06/11/2014 9:33:30 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Whenifhow

Jackie Speier dragging out the tiny violins for BB. “How would you feel if he was YOUR son?”


136 posted on 06/11/2014 9:33:35 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Whenifhow
Great, it's Jackie Speier, the one who doesn't think the Taliban is a terrorist group. Can you say "true bias"? Can you say "true delusion"?

137 posted on 06/11/2014 9:34:33 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~ Albert Einstein)
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To: don-o

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dem-rep-taliban-not-terrorists-part-of-the-fabric-of-afghanistan/

Democratic congresswoman Jackie Speier made an odd statement on MSNBC today, saying that it’s not necessarily fair to refer to the Taliban as “terrorists,” when in fact, they’re more like “part of the fabric of Afghanistan.” As she talked about the deal to swap Bowe Bergdahl for five Gitmo detainees, Speier felt it was important to “underscore the term ‘terrorists.’”

She explained, “The Taliban is part of the fabric of Afghanistan. They were part of the leadership of that country before we engaged there.” Speier said the U.S. is trying to get the Taliban to talk with the Afghan government because there has to be “some level of coordination between the two if that country is going to survive and move forward.”

She concluded, “So to say that they are terrorists, at this point, is not necessarily accurate.”


138 posted on 06/11/2014 9:34:33 AM PDT by maggief
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To: don-o
Separated at birth?

139 posted on 06/11/2014 9:36:35 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~ Albert Einstein)
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To: maggief

She wants to know if The Five were waterboarded!


140 posted on 06/11/2014 9:36:46 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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