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Head of cyber at the dod and the individual didnt show up. what id like to know is, did general mattis -- secretary mattis actually discuss with mccain the finer parts of the operation in niger. because theres this -- a lot of it is still sketchy. exactly what they were doing there, why there wasnt more air cover that was provided for them, how it was that sergeant ladavid johnson got separated. i was told by national security officials that his beacon was pinging overnight. they didnt want to g...

My military advice, i balanced the risk of transferring the detainees with the importance of returning a u.s. soldier from enemy captivity. i concluded the risk posed by the detainees future activity would be less grave than breaking faith with our forces in combat. and we heard that over and over throughout many of these letters, that ultimately, this code, the military code of leaving no soldier behind outweighed any of the risks involved. and all of this very significant, don, because we are ...

Tired of going to afghanistan and getting their legs blown off. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> we will, congressman jones. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. mechanic tear and mr. president, i want to thank you for being here today with your testimony. as we reminded just yesterday, the, with the loss of five american special operating forces, afghanistan obviously remains very dangerous and battlefield for our voluntary military and i join many of my colleagues of course i...

Backwards, so they can keep an eye on the taliban fighters. earlier in the video, one of those taliban fighters can be heard telling bergdahl not to come back to afghanistan, because he, quote, wont make it out alive next time. before bowe bergdahl is taken aboard the american helicopter, a man can be seen patting him down. the copter takes off a short time later, roughly one minute after touchdown. meanwhile, in bergdahls hometown of hailey, idaho, citizens have been hoping and praying for the ...

The administrations response and the u.s. militarys response to all of this has so far been fairly calm, but also pretty forceful. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff issued a statement saying, the questions about this particular soldiers conduct are separate from any effort, from our effort to recover any u.s. service member in enemy captivity. and he wrote the word "any" in all caps. president obama spoke to the issue today as well on the first leg of his european trip in poland. >> the ...

Fairly calm, but also pretty forceful. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff issued a statement saying, the questions about this particular soldiers conduct are separate from any effort, from our effort to recover any u.s. service member in enemy captivity. and he wrote the word "any" in all caps. president obama spoke to the issue today as well on the first leg of his european trip in poland. >> the united states has always had a pretty sacred rule, and that is we dont leave our men or wome...

To us. some officials who have been briefed say they are not aware of any letter. that investigation did conclude, however, berg detaille with willfully walked off base. the army reached out to former members of bergdahls unit to question them as part avenue investigation announced by the army secretary today and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff today said he would not rule out investigating bergdahl for desertion. general martin dempsey urged people not to rush to judgment. quote in re...

After five years. because look at his dad. he looks like a muslim. the administrations response and the u.s. militarys response to all of this has so far been fairly calm, but also pretty forceful. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff issued a statement saying, the questions about this particular soldiers conduct are separate from any effort, from our effort to recover any u.s. service member in enemy captivity. and he wrote the word "any" in all caps. president obama spoke to the issue tod...

Chairman dempsey said. the questions about this particular soldiers conduct are separate from our effort to recover any u.s. service member in enemy captivity. this was likely the last best opportunity to free him. so i think what the principle at stake here, the highest ranking member of the united states military making this point, is that the point -- the print pell at stake here is do we, the united states, leave our uniformed members of the military behind when theyve been held captive by t...