Obama: I'd Do the Bergdahl Trade Again

Obama: I'd Do the Bergdahl Trade Again

Friday in an exclusive interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, President Barack Obama said he would authorize swapping the five Taliban top commanders for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl all over again.

The President continued “It’s also important for us to recognize that the transition process of ending a war is gonna involve, on occasion, releasing folks who we may not trust but we can’t convict,” Obama added “This is something that I would do again, and I will continue to do wherever I have an opportunity, if I have a member of our military who’s in captivity. We’re gonna try to get ’em out.”…

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