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Has seen defense secretary chuck hagel after a republican member of the house armed services committee asked him why bowe bergdahl is still in the hospital 12 days after being released from five years of taliban captivity. >> you're trying to tell me that he's being held at landstuhl, germany, because of his medical condition? >> congressman, i hope you're not implying anything other than that. the fact -- >> i'm just asking the question, mr. secretary. >> i'm going to give you an answer, too, and i don't like the implication of the question. >> answer it. >> reporter: hagel offered a mea culp...

Too. >> answer it. >> i don't like the implication of the question. >> then answer it. >> welcome back to "new day." there is a baldwin beside me but it is not kate, she's on vacati vacation. >> good morning. >> good to be with you. >> and we start this day's reporting with the major crisis in iraq. militants there are taking over one major city after another displacing half a million iraqis who have fled their home. this morning we're learning the white house is considering new levels of assistance. what will that mean? could we wind up back in iraq? cnn's senior international correspondent n...

>> the president needs to stop bragging and get the border under control before children start dying. >> tonight sergeant bowe bergdahl is being flown to a military hospital in san antonio. but i'm outraged by some of the stupidity of some republicans who are making light of his medical condition. just listen to this. >> you're trying to tell me that he is being held at landstuhl, germany because of his medical condition? >> congressman, i hope you're not implying anything other than that. >> i'm just asking the question, mr. secretary. >> i'm going to give you an answer too. and i don't like ...

The coast guard 2006, discharged after a month as first reported in "the washington post." it's unclear why he was discharged, defense officials call it an administrative and uncharacterized dischampion friends said bergdahl was discharged because of psychological issues but cnn has not confirmed that. all of this comes on the day the defense secretary chuck hagel went before the house armed services committee to defend the decision to swap five mid to high level taliban leaders for the release of bergdahl, at times the testimony became heated such as this exchange why bergdahl has not yet bee...

Stabilized. you're trying to tell me that he's being held at landstuhl, germany, because of his medical condition? >> congressman, i hope you're not implying anything other than that. >> i'm just asking the question, mr. secretary. >> i'm going to give you an answer. i don't like the implication. >> answer it. >> he's being held there because our medical professionals don't believe he's ready.