Barack Obama actually said...

It was a unanimous decision among my principals in my government and a view that was shared by the members of the joint chiefs of staff. And this is something that I would do again. And I will continue to do wherever I have an opportunity if I have a member of our military who is in captivity. We're going to try to get them out.

06/05/2014

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