Republicans are demanding Congressional hearings on the decision by President Obama to cut a deal to release Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
Several Republican lawmakers on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees say that Congress should examine whether President Obama acted within the bounds of the law by exchanging five former Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a prisoner swap without consulting Congress.
At issue is the law that requires the defense secretary to notify Congress 30 days before transferring any detainees out of the prison and explain why they will not be in a position to harm the U.S. again.
"I think in the eyes of many, he broke the law by not informing Congress 30 days before that," California Rep. Buck McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview on MSNBC Monday.
"You just had Ambassador Rice, she said they'd been working on this for three years. She said Congress has been informed of this along the way. I don't know who they were talking to. I have not been a part of this, and I'm the chairman of the committee."
McKeon said his committee plans to hold hearings into the issue, and said it should not be viewed as a partisan move.
Oh, of course it's not a partisan move. And I'm Cleopatra, ruler of Egypt.
So are Republicans really going to spend all summer trying to work the country into impeaching Obama over this? Sure looks like it. And just in time for midterm elections, too!
Start up the clown car and get the confetti. It's going to be a party in here all summer long as Republicans openly trash a POW coming home on national TV.
You do that, guys.
They're acting like they've been possessed by the same demons that drove the Gadarene swine off a cliff.
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