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octoberlib

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6. I found this interesting. He could have been released earlier.

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 10:10 AM

Jun 2014

1) But the swap didn't have the backing of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, who weren't ready to negotiate an end to the war, preferring the bloody path of counterinsurgency operations.

...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are very wary about making a swap for Bowe. "Panetta and Hillary don't give a shit about getting him home," says one senior U.S. official involved in the negotiations. "They want to be able to say they COINed their way out of Afghanistan, or whatever, so it doesn't look like they are cutting and running."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-bowe-bergdahl-20140602#ixzz33aLOEAsh

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Good read - he walked away from his unit on his own - that makes him a deserter. Red State Rebel Jun 2014 #5

So you would rather let an American be tortured? JaneyVee Jun 2014 #8

I found this interesting. He could have been released earlier. octoberlib Jun 2014 #6

also interesting warrior1 Jun 2014 #7

Just because he apparently deserted does not mean he wished to be captured. Jenoch Jun 2014 #11

kicking for later frylock Jun 2014 #9

Yikes some very interesting reading...... a kennedy Jun 2014 #10

I'd like to see that British documentary footage n/t deutsey Jun 2014 #12