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Clinton Kicks Obama to Curb over Taliban Deal
Breitbart ^ | 3 Jun 2014 | by DAN RIEHL

Posted on 06/04/2014 6:12:20 AM PDT by Resettozero

Clearly distancing herself from Barack Obama as regards exchanging Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five high-level Taliban terrorists, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making it known she "was personally and intensely involved in the debate over swapping five Taliban commanders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in 2011 and 2012. But she had severe reservations about the potential deal, and was demanding stricter conditions for the release of the prisoners than what President Obama settled for last week".

It's also now being reported that "Clinton had a framework deal drawn up that was much tougher on the Taliban than what ultimately got done two years later". Given what seems to be an increasingly negative view of the deal that was done and the very real possibility of a run for the presidency in 2016 by Hillary, it's likely Team Hillary has decided to make sure her fingerprints are nowhere near the exchange.

Three former administration officials who were involved in the process told The Daily Beast that Clinton was worried about the ability to enforce the deal and disinclined to trust the Taliban or the Haqqani network in Pakistan, which held Bergdahl until this weekend. Clinton was so concerned, the former officials added, that she may not have even signed off if the negotiations had succeeded.

“She was heavily involved from the beginning, she was very skeptical of the arrangement, she was very wary of it,” one former administration official said. “If we had come to some agreement she perhaps would have backed it, but we never got to that point.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bergdahl; clinton; hillary
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About...FACE! Forward...SLITHER!
1 posted on 06/04/2014 6:12:20 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

She’s lying. She released some statement earlier in the week that said she approved of this mess. Now that the proverbial s*** has hit the fan, she’s covering her immense fanny.


2 posted on 06/04/2014 6:13:54 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Resettozero

Wasn’t it just yesterday she said Bergdahl was an honorable soldier?


3 posted on 06/04/2014 6:13:55 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: miss marmelstein

The administration has already said they have been working on this deal for 3 years.


4 posted on 06/04/2014 6:14:52 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Resettozero

At this point, she can Monday-morning Quarterback & say anything she pleases.

No way to find out the truth.


5 posted on 06/04/2014 6:15:00 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Resettozero

Hillary held her finger in the air.


6 posted on 06/04/2014 6:15:05 AM PDT by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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To: Resettozero

But she still would have done it.


7 posted on 06/04/2014 6:15:16 AM PDT by o-n-money (ned)
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To: cripplecreek

And the msm will run to cover this lying creep.


8 posted on 06/04/2014 6:15:32 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein
she’s covering her immense fanny.

LOL!

9 posted on 06/04/2014 6:15:40 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Jay Carney: The (Benghazi) emails weren't about Benghazi.)
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To: Resettozero

She knows those five killers will kill again and may haunt her in the future.


10 posted on 06/04/2014 6:16:18 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. I won. ')
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To: Resettozero

This is all blow up in her face.


11 posted on 06/04/2014 6:20:10 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Resettozero
"It's also now being reported that "Clinton had a framework deal drawn up that was much tougher on the Taliban than what ultimately got done two years later".
12 posted on 06/04/2014 6:21:03 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: sickoflibs
She knows those five killers will kill again and may haunt her in the future.

Yes, and I suspect she is surprised to learn that there are SO many Americans who have turned against her obedient and manipulated lamestream media. (In honor of Sarah)
13 posted on 06/04/2014 6:21:25 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: cripplecreek

And three years ago - puts all this squarely in the purview of Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless. Herself HAD to have been in the loop then, unless she was out drunk again, with her “mind in a blender, she just can’t remember” as her fallback position.

Methinks Madame Benghazi is in middle stages of memory loss caused by dipsomania.


14 posted on 06/04/2014 6:21:53 AM PDT by alloysteel (Selective and willful ignorance spells doom, to both victim and perpetrator - mostly the perp.)
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To: Resettozero

Too late!

Shillary has already stated that she would have made the same deal to return American soldiers.

So, EFF OFF, Shillary!


15 posted on 06/04/2014 6:23:02 AM PDT by ExTxMarine (PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
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To: Biggirl
This is all blow up in her face.

Say again please?
16 posted on 06/04/2014 6:23:13 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

Aah.... what difference does it make?

17 posted on 06/04/2014 6:24:29 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: ExTxMarine

Meanwhile the VA scandal, the IRS scandal, Obamacare and the nteenth other scandals are off the front page. The MSM is going to milk this just long enough to make everyone forget about everything else.

Then off to the next shiny object.


18 posted on 06/04/2014 6:26:25 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: ExTxMarine

That was the subject of the meeting she had recently with obama.

She wanted all the terrorist prisoners released prior to her running for president. This is but step 1.


19 posted on 06/04/2014 6:26:37 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: alloysteel
Methinks Madame Benghazi is in middle stages of memory loss caused by dipsomania.

Something IS wrong with her...and Bill is showing some symptoms of, what shall we call it...early senility.
20 posted on 06/04/2014 6:27:47 AM PDT by Resettozero
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