"It was the video"-reincarniated

"It was the video" 

This recent statement by Susan Rice holds the same validity.

You would have thought this moron would have learned her lesson.

Bergdahl was captured on the “battlefield”?

Later (not included) in this same video Rice says Bergdahl served with "honor and distinction." 

This woman is either the dumbest on the planet Earth or so delusional she'll follow Barry into hell.

She reconstructs the story to sound like he was taken prisoner during a firefight. The truth of the matter was he laid down his helmet and weapon and walked away from his unit. 

(aka AWOL)

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Video 69

Even if you’re a liberal could you seriously fall for this shit?

The 5 for 1 swap? 

Can't help wondering why they're still alive and McVeigh is dead.

"It was the video"-reincarniated

Obama: Congress consulted on prisoner exchange

What utter bullshit!

You also have to think about this concerning the 5 Muslims who were released. How many soldiers gave an arm, a leg, their life, to capture these dogs only to have them released to kill again?

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WARSAW, Poland — President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his decision to release five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for freeing an American soldier, saying his administration had consulted with Congress about that possibility "for some time."
(Possibility refers to something that " could happen", that is not precluded by the facts, but usually not probable) 

Obama also brushed aside questions about the circumstances surrounding Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's capture (and the resulting six dead who went to look for him)    by insurgents in 2009, saying the U.S. has an obligation to not leave its military personnel behind. (Like Tahmooressi)

"Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American solider back if he's held in captivity," Obama said during a news conference in Poland. "We don't condition that." (The "condition" is six dead and the 5 you gave back… how many are they going to kill?)

The Pentagon concluded in 2010 that Bergdahl walked away from his unit, and, after an initial flurry of searching, the military curbed any high-risk rescue plans.

Bergdahl was in stable condition at a U.S. military hospital in Germany. But questions mounted at home over the way his freedom was secured: Five high-level members of the Taliban were released from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent to Qatar. The five, who will have to stay in Qatar for a year before going back to Afghanistan, include former ministers in the Taliban government, commanders and one man who had direct ties to the late al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.

Republicans in Congress criticized the agreement and complained about not having been consulted, citing a law that requires Congress to be given 30 days' notice before a prisoner is released from Guantanamo. Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee said the Pentagon notified the panel by phone on Saturday that the exchange was occurring in the next five hours.

Obama suggested Tuesday that lawmakers were aware of the prospect that the U.S. could agree to a prisoner swap with the Taliban. And he defended how his administration handled the formal notifications, saying that when the opportunity to free Bergdahl presented itself, "We seized that opportunity."

The U.S. and the Taliban negotiated the prisoner exchange indirectly, with the government of Qatar serving as an intermediary. The five Afghan prisoners are now in Qatar and are banned from traveling outside the country for a minimum of one year.

Obama acknowledged that there was always a chance that the released Afghans could return to the Taliban or other groups seeking to harm the U.S. If they take those steps, Obama said the U.S. "will be in a position" to go after them. (Like you did with Mullah Omar)

Barry has proven he can do anything he wants with impunity. Can we really expect the DOJ to do something? They’re nothing more then another arm of the Obama administration.

Obama: Congress consulted on prisoner exchange

Jay Carney Resigns as White House Press Secretary

The announcement was delayed so Josh Earnest could take a lie detector test. The good news for the Obama administration was he failed.

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President Obama announced that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney would resign in mid-June, making a surprise announcement at the White House press briefing on Friday.

"Jay has become one of my closest friends and is a great press secretary and a great advisor," Obama said. "He's got good judgment. He has a good temperament, and he's got a good heart, and I'm going to miss him a lot." 

"In mid-life you don't often make a whole new set of friends," Carney said, who just turned 50. "Every day with you in here has been a privilege." 

"I'm not saying it's easy, but I love it," Carney said, calling his job an "honor and a joy." 

Obama said that Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest would take Carney's place at the White House. 

"My request is be nice to Jay on his farewell tour, and be nice to Josh during his initiation, which I'm sure will last two days, or perhaps two questions," Obama said to reporters.

Jay Carney Resigns as White House Press Secretary

Obama: 'I Always Take Responsibility,' but VA Scandal Started with Bush

President Obama announced the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki Friday, vowing to take full responsibility for the increasingly widespread scandal engulfing the VA's health services. Within seconds of taking responsibility, however, the President made sure to assert that the problems "predate my presidency."

"This predates my presidency. When I was in the Senate, I was on the Veterans Affairs Committee. I heard first-hand veterans who were not getting the kinds of services and benefits that they had earned," the President said to the White House Press Corps this afternoon. The assertion that the VA scandal was an ongoing cultural problem within the institution followed declaration that he would "always take responsibility for whatever happens," particularly with regard to Veterans Affairs.

In the same announcement, President Obama noted that it was "with considerable regret" that he accepted Secretary Shinseki's resignation. He took the time to commend Shinseki's work within the agency. "Under his leadership, we have seen more progress on more fronts at the VA and a bigger investment in the VA than just about any other VA secretary," the President asserted, adding that "Ric's commitment to our veterans is unquestioned. His service to our country is exemplary." Shinseki himself, he said, had begun the process of mass firings in agencies with considerable problems throughout the country.

President Obama emphasized the Shinseki's resignation did not have to do with his ability to run the organization, but his potential to become "a distraction," blaming "Congress and you guys [the media]" for the situation in which Shinseki, who oversaw the agency as the scandal developed, cannot keep his job. 

Shinseki himself apologized for the situation this morning but did not announce his resignation. "I said when this situation began weeks to months ago that I thought the problem was limited and isolated because I believed that," he said in a conference this morning, "I no longer believe it. It is systemic." He blamed himself for being "too trusting" and extended an apology "to the people whom I care most deeply about, that's the veterans of this great country, to their families and loved ones who I have been honored to serve."

Shinseki's apology followed the release of an investigation that found that VA officials nationwide had written false record information to mask the fact that many veterans were being forced to wait unreasonable amounts of time to receive medical care from the agency. The Washington Post describes the fabrications as "elaborate schemes to hide long waiting times date back as far as 2010."

Obama: 'I Always Take Responsibility,' but VA Scandal Started with Bush

The Case of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi

As usual Barry is embroiled in yet another scandal this one concerning the VA.

 As I said before he doesn't do anything unless he sees a political gain. A fine example was his recent trip to Afghanistan to divert attention from the VA scandal. The message was…see I love the troops…until they outed a CIA chief and it blew up in his face. Another golden opportunity to look like a champion has come his way and so far Barry has chose to pass it up. I'm talking about Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi.  

The story is he made a wrong turn and somehow ended up in Mexico with three guns is his car and was subsequently thrown in jail. He also suffers from PTSD (guns and PTSD never go well together but that's a story for another day). The bottom line is Tahmooressi served his country admirably and his case deserves to be looked in to. But Barry and Stedman were preoccupied with the botched execution of a Black man (Clayton Lockett) calling it "deeply troubling". Barry asked Stedman to analyze problems with the implementation of the death penalty. This for a guy who shot a woman before burying her alive while Tahmooressi, a decorated vet, is left to rot in a Mexican jail.

 Shows where the priorities of this administration lie.

All said and done Barry has the upper hand. He could threaten Mexico by enforcing our immigration laws (sad when you think about it) since we employ more of their citizens then they do. If additional arm twisting is needed maybe Valerie could write a little speech for Barry starting with this line. 

Lets here it for Barry! (yea)

The Case of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi