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On the recordJune 1, 2014
You've sent a message to every Al-Qaeda group in the world that says that there is some value now in that hostage in a way that they didn't have before.
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Mike Rogers
Republican · Alabama

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Mike Rogers criticizes the exchange of Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners, suggesting it encourages hostage-taking.

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