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  • Hagel: This prisoner swap might produce peace negotiations with the Taliban

    06/01/2014 3:24:01 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 53 replies
    Hot Air ^ | June 1, 2014 | Ed Morrissey
    Members of Congress erupted in outrage over the prisoner swap that traded five high-ranking Taliban officials from GITMO for American POW Bowe Bergdahl, the only US soldier known to be held by the Taliban. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel defended the decision to make the swap, arguing that Bergdahl’s life was in imminent danger and that the President has the exclusive authority to act in regard to prisoners captured in wartime. We’ll get back to that point in a moment, but Hagel also argued that this trade could produce negotiations long sought by the US...