Obama: I'd Make The Bergdahl Prisoner Swap Again

Ishmael · 2014-06-08T23:39:34+00:00

President Barack Obama continued to defend the exchange of five Taliban detainees for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in an interview that aired Friday, saying that he'd make the deal again despite criticism from members of Congress. This is something that I would do again, and I will continue to do wherever I have an opportunity, if I have a member of our military whos in captivity," Obama said in an interview with NBC News' Brian Williams. "Were gonna try to get em out. The President reiterated that he makes "no apologies" for going forward with the deal without notifying members of Congress 30 days beforehand, as required by law. "As I said before, the main concern was we had to act fast in a delicate situation that required no publicity," he said. Criticism of the prisoner exchange has also focused on the Taliban detainees, whom some lawmakers fear will return to the battlefield once released. "By definition you don't do prisoner exchanges with your friends, you do them with your enemies," Obama told Williams. Read more: Obama: I'd Make The Bergdahl Prisoner Swap Again (VIDEO)

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Start date Jun 9, 2014

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