bergdahls. spoke to the derg bergdahl s release. he told him their son s reintegration was top priority right now. i know seangt hagel has signed off on this. former secretary of defense panetta had not signed off. he was opposed to the earlier deal. when you get down below the secretary level to the other people at the pentagon, what are they saying about this? do they think this was a good deal and a smart move? like, i think there is a lot of churn here at the pentagon. the official line, of course, is that this they had no other choice. this is what they needed to do to bring an american home. the war was ending and there was a feeling that guantanamo is going to be closed at some point anyway and that these five taliban leaders were going to be released somehow anyway so they might as well get an american home and tie up that loose end before the war is over. so, there is just is a great deal of sort of gritting of
bergdahls. spoke to the derg bergdahl s release. he told him their son s reintegration was top priority right now. i know seangt hagel has signed off on this. former secretary of defense panetta had not signed off. he was opposed to the earlier deal. when you get down below the secretary level to the other people at the pentagon, what are they saying about this? do they think this was a good deal and a smart move? like, i think there is a lot of churn here at the pentagon. the official line, of course, is that this they had no other choice. this is what they needed to do to bring an american home. the war was ending and there was a feeling that guantanamo is going to be closed at some point anyway and that these five taliban leaders were going to be released somehow anyway so they might as well get an american home and tie up that loose end before the war is over. so, there is just is a great deal of sort of gritting of