President Barack Obama defended his administrations efforts to rescue Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from captivity, arguing that what was most important was bringing an American soldier home. The United States has a pretty sacred rule and that is we dont leave our men or women in uniform behind and that dates back to the earliest days, Obama said at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland. Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if hes held in captivity. Period. Full stop. We dont condition that. Obama also said his administration had consulted Congress for some time about the possibility for a prisoner exchange, although the White House did not tell lawmakers the deal was made until after the fact. We saw an opportunity, we were concerned about Sgt. Bergdahls health ... and we seized that opportunity, he said. For more information... politico
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:32:08 +0000
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