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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 01, 2014, 02:32:30 pm
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/01/chuck-hagel-bowe-bergdahl_n_5426108.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/01/chuck-hagel-bowe-bergdahl_n_5426108.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Meets With Team That Rescued Hostage U.S. Soldier
AP | By By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Posted: 06/01/2014 10:10 am EDT Updated: 21 minutes ago
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with more than a dozen members of the special operations team that participated in the rescue of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl), an American soldier held by the Taliban.
Hagel and the special ops team met quietly in a separate part of a hangar where he also spoke to a large group of U.S. troops.
According to a U.S. official, Hagel thanked them and told them they represented the true spirit of never leaving a comrade behind.
They largely kept out of sight. But as the special operations forces walked past their body armor and occasional beards and less clean-cut looks made it evident who they were.
Hagel told them that while they participated in an important mission they do many other jobs that often go unrecognized.
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...rescued?.....I thought this was a swap!!!
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Rescue....???????????????????? How was this a rescue....??????????????????????????????????????????????????
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...rescued?.....I thought this was a swap!!!
Exactly. Let the spin begin.
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Hagel met with more than a dozen members of the special operations team that participated in the rescue
BS, it was not a rescue.
Hagel thanked them and told them they represented the true spirit of never leaving a comrade behind.
After walking to the other side?