Hagel: Rush To Judgment On Bergdahl ‘Unfair’

United States Army General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and U.S. President Barack Obama stand together Memorial Day, Arlington, America - 26 May 2014 ... United States Army General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and U.S. President Barack Obama stand together Memorial Day, Arlington, America - 26 May 2014 President Obama returned to Washington Monday morning after a surprise visit to Afghanistan to visit U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS

BRUSSELS (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says it is unfair to
the family of released captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to leap to
conclusions about his behavior in uniform.

Hagel says, quote, “We don’t do that in the United States.” Hagel told reporters at a NATO defense ministers meeting Wednesday. “We rely on facts.”

Hagel said the Army will review of all the circumstances surrounding how he left his unit and was captured by the Taliban, and added: “It’s not my place as a former sergeant in the Army to decide who’s worthy of being a sergeant and who isn’t.”

Bergdahl was released Saturday from five years’ captivity by the Taliban in exchange for five top Taliban officials.

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  1. Hagel is an obvious traitor! This is a job for the elite “Malkin’s Marauders” Countertop Inspection Commando unit of the 101st Chairborne “Fightin’ Keyboarders!”

    1. Obama is the Commander-in-Chief of the US armed forces.
    2. Commander-in-Chief status is established by the US Constitution.
    3. POW exchange is a core function of the Commander-in-Chief.
    4. Only a constitutional amendment can reverse an established constitutional principle.

    The president was fully within his Constitutional prerogatives when he swapped POWs.

  2. Note to the Secretary, Fairness, in media terms, was eliminated in 1986 under St. Ronnie.

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