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And sort of wonder what the rest of his career trajectory will look like, because I wish him well. Gen. Dahl, a West Point graduate who completed two combat tours in Iraq, is a well-respected battlefield commander. He is now deputy commander of Army I Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. The source familiar with the investigation did not know Gen. Dahls conclusions, which have ramifications beyond the fate of Sgt. Bergdahl himself. Conservatives harshly criticized President Obama for not only releasing five hardened Taliban leaders to gain Sgt.

Defense secretary to be briefed today: http://t.co/DDfpotLvZm pic.twitter.com/b4d7GKCqhc Idaho Statesman (@IdahoStatesman) December 19, 2014 After recuperating for two weeks in a U.S. military hospital in Germany, Bergdahl was sent to Fort Sam Houston on June 13. As he awaits the conclusion of his case, Bergdahl is performing administrative duties at the base. 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.

The real number was well under half that. In his State of the Union address Obama said, We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, which was laughable. Apparently what Obama was referring to was a federal goal to double gas mileage by 2025. Lets apply that thinking to dieting: Just say, Im going to lose 20 pounds. Its the same thing as actually losing 20 pounds! In the Obama years, lies are no longer lies. Theyre essential tools to keep at bay the McCarthyites and their nasty slurs; theyre narratives that serve a larger, political function such as ruining fraternities or the life of a guy who dared to be a Republican on a liberal campus.

Im not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed, and Congress right now has not changed what I consider to be a broken immigration system. [Lies during the Obama years] perpetuate the fairy tale that the IRS acted properly, that government isnt corrupt, that ObamaCare is working just fine. In January, talking to The New Yorker, he referred to ISIS as a J.V. team, then when Chuck Todd called him on it months later, said, I wasnt referring specifically to [ISIS]. Wrong. In March, Obama said on Between Two Ferns, Most young Americans right now, theyre not covered by health insurance. Not true. In February, Obama said, Weve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion. Incorrect. The real number was well under half that.

Occasionally, lies can kill. GM placed an urgent order for 500,000 ignition switches in December of last year, nearly two months before it finally informed regulators of deadly flaws in the switch. GM CEO Mary BarraPhoto: Reuters A GM engineer lied under oath about his role in the fiasco, said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) during hearings on the issue. Yet CEO Mary Barra is still in charge despite her credulity-straining claims that she didnt learn of the problem, a topic of intense discussion within GM going back a decade, until last year. Private corporations, though, can at least be held responsible: They can be forced to pay out damages in court, their stock price can plunge, boards can become restive.

U.S. Marines join in martial arts training at the U.S. naval base in September 2010. Members of the military walk the hallway of Cell Block C in the Camp 5 detention facility in January 2012. Guards move a detainee from his cell in Cell Block A of the Camp 6 detention facility in January 2012. A detainee waits for lunch in September 2010. The cost of building Guantanamo's high-security detention facilities was reportedly about $54 million. Marines get an early-morning workout at the U.S.

Speculation is widespread, however, that there were other reasons for their presence in Mali, a long-time desert hideout for al-Qaida and other extremists in Africas Sahel region. Hostage-taking is a lucrative business in Mali and other Sahel countries. American officials have quietly accused France and other European countries of paying ransoms for their kidnapped citizens. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb took numerous Western hostages until France intervened in Mali in January 2013 to rout out extremists. Hollande on Tuesday urged French citizens and companies to take continued precautions against kidnappings. At one point, at least 14 French nationals were held hostage by Islamic militants in West Africa.

With Matthew Huang fired from his job, the couple is living on donations from family and friends. 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.

A report by pathologists hired by the defense, obtained by CNN, stated they found no evidence tissue samples were taken from Glorias body after her death, despite the fact Qatari investigators submitted an autopsy report. Advocates for the Huangs suggested the lab report was fabricated and said their request with the Qatari judiciary for a formal investigation went unanswered. Criticism of Qatari justice The case against the Huangs shined a light on the Qatari justice system and drew complaints from the United States. Qatar is a key ally in the U.S.-led coalition against the terror group ISIS and host to many countries forces involved in airstrikes. The Qatari government also helped the United States secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity this year. Despite the close ties, the State Department expressed concern. Officials requested in October that Qatars government lift the Huangs travel ban, allowing them to return to the United States. The 22 long months of court proceedings following their daughters tragic death have compounded the tragedy for the Huang family, and it is time now, as the Appeals Court stated, to let the Huangs return home, U.S.

GOP lawmakers were outraged that the administration failed to give the required 30 days notice of that transfer. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reminded the House Intelligence Committee after that episode that it's he who signs off on all prisoner transfers from Guantanamo: "I take that responsibility, Mr. Chairman, members of this committee, damn seriously, damn seriously." Nearly five months would then go by with no more transfers. That time coincided with the rise of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and a new battlefield for jihadists. Then, this month, seven more transfers. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon said continuing such releases was unwise. At a recent hearing he said, "Secretary Hagel, how can the administration continue to press ahead with transfers from Guantanamo at this time? Isn't this in conflict with your policy of stemming the flow of foreign fighters?" Hagel replied, "The intelligence community assessed that more than 90 percent of those detainees had not intended to or had in fact, we had not evidence of returning to the battlefield." Ten days later, Hagel announced he was stepping down .