What the scandal Benghazi, the Bowe Bergdahl swap, and the Iran Deal all had in common.
Editor's note: This is another in a series of "WND/WENZEL POLLS" conducted exclusively for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies. Fifty-four percent of Americans say Barack Obama's deal to swap five Taliban leaders for a detained U.S. soldier in the Middle East amounts to providing aid to terrorists – a…
The Army has apparently completed its investigation of the circumstances surrounding the suspected desertion of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but no one expects to see the results before Tuesday’s elections.
Seven months after the military began an investigation into the disappearance of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his capture by the Taliban, which held him for five years, a new report indicates Army officials have determined Bergdahl — for whom the administration traded five top Gitmo-held terrorists — will be charged as a deserter. Retired…
Photograph purportedly shows Mohammed Fazl, a Taliban prisoner exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl, posing with severed heads.
【6月1日 AFP】バラク・オバマ（Barack Obama）米大統領は31日、アフガニスタンで旧支配勢力タリバン（Taliban）に拘束されていた米国人兵士、ボウ・バーグダール（Bowe Bergdahl）軍曹が約5年ぶりに解放されたと発表した。
President Obama dismissed the controversy surrounding his deal with the Taliban for five Guantanamo detainees in exchange for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal, adding that he would not apologize.
Mitt Romney says that had he been in the White House at the time, he would have handled the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap differently than President Obama.
The Pentagon broke the law when it swapped Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a former prisoner in Afghanistan, for five Taliban leaders, according to a GAO audit.
Obama On Bergdahl Swap: 'Something That I Would Do Again'
The news that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is to be tried for desertion casts the 2014 prisoner swap in a new light. President Barack Obama traded five senior Taliban leaders, who had been imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, for Bergdahl--and did so without giving Congress 30 days' advance notice. In doing so, the Obama administration broke the law, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. That violation was not just a crime, but also, in context, a high crime. |
Fox and NBC are citing anonymous officials saying the Army will charge Bergdahl when the results of the inquiry are announced.
“I would never sign any document or make any agreement, agree to any decision, that I did not feel was in the best interests of this country.”
In a secret ruling now declassified, a federal judge agreed with the Obama administration in 2011 that Khairulla Khairkhwa, one of the five Taliban leaders the White House traded for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, was too dangerous to let go even though he had little hope of a trial.
Hence, as explained yesterday, that’s why the White House released the details of the failed rescue attempt.. (WASHINGTON DC) White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz was asked at today’s press briefing why the administration was unwilling to negotiate with terrorists in James Foley’s case, yet traded five Taliban for the release of Sgt. Bowe […]
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The House voted Tuesday to formally condemn President Obama for releasing five Taliban warriors earlier this year in an exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, with nearly two dozen Democrats joining Republicans in declaring the president broke the law by not giving Congress a heads-up.
Doctors Moving Slowly on Treatment because of Swirling Controversy Over Prisoner Swap
TIME talks to Taliban commanders who were involved in the exchange
The senator warned Obama not to release Gitmo prisoners without congressional approval.
Holy SNAP – If these intelligence reports (James Rosen is working to verify) are accurate, Bergdahl will never be allowed by the administration to leave Germany. It would be far too politically dangerous to allow sunlight upon such explosive allegations. Forget Obama -he’s already toast- we’re talking about team Clinton who would NOT want to be […]
The Bergdahl-for-Taliban swap is under fire from Republican lawmakers and commentators. But Taliban leaders' release does not pose that great a threat to US troops, Pentagon officials say.
Every POW trade is a tough judgment call. The White House negotiated a defensible deal for Bowe Bergdahl but broke the law by hiding it from Congress.
For the Obama administration narrative to be accurate about the swap of five Taliban/al-Qaeda-related kingpins for Sgt. Bergdahl, we are asked to believe the following: by Victor Davis Hanson // PJ…
Executive branch must notify Congress before transferring Guantánamo Bay prisoners.
A Taliban leader who reportedly helped orchestrate the group's takeover of Afghanistan was released by former President Barack Obama in exchange for former U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in 2014.
Naturally, Lt. Col. Oliver North has plenty to say about the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. North, the former Reagan aide-turned-conservative commentator best-known for his central role in the…
Obama’s arrogance was in full flower when he said it was a unanimous decision from “MY government.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a "measured defense" of the deal to swap Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl for five Guantanamo Bay detainees.
In a lopsided intellectual dual, Fox News host Megyn Kelly took on State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki and asked her […]
John McCain tells CNN's Jake Tapper that he's not a flip flopper.
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The U.S. military and intelligence community suspect one of the detainees swapped for Sgt Bowe Bergdahl has turned to mlitary activites.
Just when it seemed the right's talking points on Bowe Bergdahl couldn't possibly reach new depths, along comes Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.).
A Taliban leader who reportedly helped orchestrate the group's takeover of Afghanistan was released by former President Barack Obama in exchange for former U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in 2014.
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