To you can watch all of this later at our program schedule. We are taking you live now to a hearing getting under way on capitol hill that is ted poe of texas. He chairs one of the subcommittees of house Foreign Affairs, 1 of the 2 looking into the Prisoner Exchange for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl which occurred on may 31st, a former commander of special forces in afghanistan will testify, as will an Army Specialist who served with Sergeant Bergdahl. Lets hope that the bergdahl negotiators are not the same ones currently negotiating with iran over nuclear weapons. Be that as it may, releasing five senior taliban commanders may put the lives of our Senior Service members and americans around the world at risk. 1 of the 5 detainees was deputy chief of the talibans intelligence service. One detainee fought alongside al qaeda, a taliban military general. Another was a Senior Commander wanted by the United Nations for war crimes and worked closely with al qaeda and their affiliates. In fact
Afghanistan at the time Sergeant Bergdahl was captured. He was previously a Senior Defense Department Coordinator for afghanistan and Vice President cheneys counterterrorism advisor. And then dr. Mark davidson is the Senior Advisor at the Truman National security project adjunct professor at George Washington university. He previously advised both general Stanley Mcchrystal and general David Petraeus and served on the staff of the Senate Armed Services committee. We will start with mr. Andrews. You have five minutes, sir. You will need to turn on the microphone, that little button in front of you. Thank you, mr. Chairman, ranking members and members of the subcommittee. If you would, mr. Andrews, sorry to interrupt, but get the microphone right in front of you. Im andy andrews, father of Second Lieutenant Darryl Andrews who was killed in afghanistan while in the process of searching for Bowe Bergdahl. His first tour in afghanistan was in 2004 as an enlisted soldier. He developed a medi
How. We saw an opportunity and we took it. I make no apologies for it. One of our values is we bring everybody home off the battle field the best we can. It doesnt matter how they ended up in a prisoner of war situation. As a prisoner of war, Bowe Bergdahl deserved, and we had the obligation and the commanderinchief had the obligation to do what was necessary to bring him home. Our first headline comes from abc news. What the u. S. Gave up to get Sergeant Bergdahl back. The price was high. Five socalled enemy combatants freed from Guantanamo Bay then greeted as heroes upon arrival in qatar. White house opponents say the president cut a bad deal. Senator john mccain called the price incomprehensible. Hes among those republicans who publicly challenged the president to bring bergdahl home and then criticized how it was done. So did president obama break the law . Did the u. S. Negotiate with terrorists to win Bowe Bergdahls freedom . What about bergdahl himself . His doubts about the war
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