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On the recordMay 30, 2014
I mean, not to capture him, but to get him back, and to do that, if it would have taken another course of action or if we would have taken another option, that would have put our men and women at risk.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Hagel discusses the risks involved in recovering Sergeant Bergdahl.

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