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Hagels briefing in Bergdahls case is strictly informational, according to Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, and the Defense Secretary is not expected to have any input in the proceedings. The secretary is not going to do arm twisting Kirby noted. Theres no role for him in the process to modify the investigation. Pentagon brass to review report on Bowe Bergdahl investigation http://t.co/jg15QfZsUA #news pic.twitter.com/Hg5mmkORFS The_News_DIVA (@The_News_DIVA) December 19, 2014 According to NBC News , the Armys first investigation into Bergdahls disappearance, conducted in 2009, concluded that he deliberately left his base. Such a finding could lead to the filing of criminal charges against Bergdahl, and a conviction could possibly lead to imprisonment or reduction in rank and loss of back pay and benefits. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also briefed on the results of the investigation earlier this week. Maj. Gen.

At least the head of the Secret Service was forced to resign after its shocking incompetence placed the president in personal danger. An armed intruder at the White House ran past the stairway leaving to the presidential family quarters and made it all the way into the East Room. The Secret Services initial claim, that the intruder had been apprehended upon entry, was simply false. Where on earth could all of these people have gotten the idea that lying is acceptable? Maybe theyre all just marching to the cadence of the Liar in Chief. Barack ObamaPhoto: Reuters Last winter, President Obama said there was not even a smidgen of corruption in the IRS scandal the investigation of which was and is ongoing. Obamas statement wasnt true: He cant know the outcome of a game that is still being played.

Bowe BergdahlPhoto: EPA Though Bergdahls desertion of his buddies in Afghanistan was indeed a distinctive move, it was about as honorable as blaming the Benghazi attack on a spontaneous outburst of film criticism. As is usually the case in such matters, the administration promised to get to the bottom of the matter by launching an investigation that never seems to reach its completion. The Army inquiry, launched in June, was complete by October but could have embarrassed the White House in the days before the November elections. So the report was held. It still hasnt been released. No doubt it will require a lot of careful proofreading over the final 25 months of the Obama era.

Its true that we negotiate, we pay, and we try to get results .... There isnt a single Frenchman who believes Mr. Lazarevic was freed because Mr. Hollande has nice eyes. Another Frenchman kidnapped in Mali in November 2011 along with Lazarevic, Philippe Verdon, was found dead in July 2013. A security official in Mali, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared for his safety, said Lazarevics release came after negotiations to free two al-Qaida fighters arrested in his abduction. The two al-Qaida detainees were transferred to mediators in Niger on Saturday and turned over to al-Qaida, the Malian official said. It was not clear if they remained in Niger.

Grace Huang's brother, Daniel Chin, gave up his job in California to work on the case full time. He was the nerve center of the family, raising money for its expenses and defense costs and dealing with the Huangs' lawyers and advocates. After spending nearly a year in prison, the Huangs were released last November, but they were prohibited from leaving Qatar during their appeal. Their focus on their fate took away from time for them to grieve Gloria's loss. "Everything has revolved around her case and our situation," Grace Huang said. "We haven't had a chance to really say goodbye and mourn. We just really want to be able to honor her place in our lives with our friends and family and that hasn't happened yet." U.S. ally The case put the United States in a difficult situation with a close ally with whom it is working on hot-button issues in the Middle East. Qatar is a key ally in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS and host to many countries' forces involved in airstrikes.

6, 2013: The exterior of Camp Delta is seen at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. (Reuters) The Pentagon is preparing to transfer more detainees from Guantanamo Bay in coming weeks despite continued Republican opposition, according to defense and congressional officials. The Wall Street Journal reports that, after five detainees were transferred last week, there will be another round in December, but defense officials refused to disclose further information on their numbers or nationalities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, complained at a recent hearing of an increase in notifications by the administration to lawmakers on coming transfers from the detainment facility. President Obama promised since before he took office that he would close the controversial detention center, a move that has been opposed by many Republicans. The transfers come shortly after the announcement of the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who was criticized by administration officials who spoke to The Wall Street Journal for moving too slowly to certify detainees for release. Senior officials at the White House are impatient as the presidents term in office draws nearer to its end with the promise of the closure of Guantanamo unfulfilled, according to the Wall Street Journal.

GOP lawmakers said those unilateral steps were unconstitutional and have promised unspecified congressional action. Fridays lawsuit did not address immigration, though a Republican official said party leaders might add that later. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe internal Republican deliberations. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Obama has chosen to ignore the will of the American people and cast the battle as one with important implications. If this president can get away with making his own laws, future presidents will have the ability to as well, said a Boehner written statement. The House has an obligation to stand up for the Constitution. In the past, Republicans have accused Obama of overreaching by trading five Taliban prisoners for captured Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl and blocking earlier deportations of immigrant children illegally in the country. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the public wants Washington to focus on improving the economy but Republicans choose to sue us, sue the president for doing his job. In a written statement, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the lawsuit a bald-faced attempt to achieve what Republicans have been unable to achieve through the political process. She said Republicans were responding to the howls of impeachment-hungry extremists. Pelosi also complained that Republicans found a TV lawyer wholl cost taxpayers too much $500 hourly, according to the contract.

illegally. GOP lawmakers said those unilateral steps were unconstitutional and have promised unspecified congressional action. Fridays lawsuit did not address immigration, though a Republican official said party leaders might add that later. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe internal Republican deliberations. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Obama has chosen to ignore the will of the American people and cast the battle as one with important implications. If this president can get away with making his own laws, future presidents will have the ability to as well, said a Boehner written statement. The House has an obligation to stand up for the Constitution. In the past, Republicans have accused Obama of overreaching by trading five Taliban prisoners for captured Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl and blocking earlier deportations of immigrant children illegally in the country. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the public wants Washington to focus on improving the economy but Republicans choose to sue us, sue the president for doing his job. In a written statement, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the lawsuit a bald-faced attempt to achieve what Republicans have been unable to achieve through the political process. She said Republicans were responding to the howls of impeachment-hungry extremists. Pelosi also complained that Republicans found a TV lawyer wholl cost taxpayers too much $500 hourly, according to the contract. The lead attorney, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, has done legal commentary on television networks.

detention center at Guantanamo Bay, for nearly 13 years, was sent back to his homeland Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, the first release based on the determination of a review panel that has been re-evaluating some men previously classified by the government as too dangerous to release. (AP Photo/Courtesy of defense lawyer Barry Wingard, File) 1 MIAMI (AP) One of the longest-held prisoners at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay was sent home to Kuwait on Wednesday, the first release based on the determination of a review panel that has been re-evaluating some men previously classified as too dangerous to release. Fawzi al-Odah had been told his release was imminent but didn't know the date until shortly before he boarded the flight back to his country from the base in southeast Cuba, his lawyer, Eric Lewis, said. The 37-year-old al-Odah had been the focus of an arduous battle to secure his release that had the support of his government. Lewis, who spoke to him about a week before the departure, said the prisoner just wanted to get on with life.

His father, Khalid al-Odah, said in several interviews with the Associated Press over the years that his son was only a teacher in Afghanistan who had been wrongly turned over to the U.S. authorities in exchange for a bounty. "Sometimes my wife calls my other son Fawzi. Other times I wake up in the middle of the night and find her sleeping in Fawzi's room," the father said in a 2005 interview. "It's an unbearable sadness most of the time." The Kuwaiti government hired high-profile lawyers and lobbyists to push for the release of a dozen of its citizens at Guantanamo, an effort set back when one carried out a suicide bomb attack in Iraq in April 2008. The administration set up a Periodic Review Board that has been slowly re-evaluating the prisoners with parole-style hearings to determine if some can be released as part of an overall effort to eventually close the detention center.