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CATHERINE THOMPSON JUNE 3, 2014, 7:12 AM EDT
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he consulted with Congress for "quite some time" about potentially trading detainees from the Guantanamo Bay facility for a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan.
"We have consulted with Congress for quite some time about the possibility that we might need to execute a prisoner exchange in order to recover Sgt. [Bowe] Bergdahl," Obama said in a press conference in Warsaw, Poland. "We saw an opportunity. We were concerned about Sgt. Bergdahl's health. We had the cooperation of the Qataris to execute and exchange, and we seized that opportunity. And the process was truncated because we did not want to miss that window."
Some Republicans have accused Obama of breaking the law for failing to notify Congress of the detainee transfer 30 days in advance. Others have criticized the prisoner swap over speculation that Bergdahl was captured because he walked off his post.
"Let me just make a very simple point here. And that is regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if he's held in captivity," Obama said of Bergdahl. "Period. Full stop. We don't condition that."
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winter is coming
(11,785 posts)in return for Yet Another Corporate "Incentive".
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)You always do the right thing. Now we need to go and get the Marine out of Mexico. That will be his next move. I think that will happen within 2 weeks.
Autumn
(45,106 posts)Fuck congress and all their petty little whining. Period. Full stop.
deminks
(11,014 posts)McLame was briefed along with a handful of other senators.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025042180
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)"We had the cooperation of the Qataris to execute and exchange, and we seized that opportunity."
Execute whom ???????????
eShirl
(18,494 posts)as in, to execute a strategy
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)I am aware of the various definitions.
It seemed out of context in this conversation.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)mean "killing!" Find a dictionary it will give you definitions of the "word" such as "to make valid or make legal, as by signing a contract; OR "validation of a legal document by performance of the necessary formalities."
And there are more, it DOES NOT necessarily mean "to kill!" Maybe you know this, but just felt a need to point this out.
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)I am aware of the various definitions of the word execute.
It just seemed out of place as it pertains to this conversation.
I was not intending to point out anything.
I was just asking for clarification.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)it's just that I see so many grammatical errors and misuse of words these days I sometimes let it get to me. I understand some of the spelling errors, perhaps due to texting, still I've encountered so many who don't have a clue when it comes words and what they mean.
I'm often asked why I use words they don't understand, it's drives me up a wall. Personally I chastise myself, but why should "I" even feel this way?
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)Spread the knowledge !!!
Have a great day.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)phrase should have been "when it comes TO words and what they mean. My OCD just kicked in!