US has ironclad commitment to bring PoW home: Obama
June 01, 2014 10:27
President Barack Obama has said that the US has ironclad commitment to bring its prisoners of war home, as his administration released five detainees from Guantanamo Bay detention centre in exchange of an American soldier in Taliban captive for nearly five years.
"We are committed to winding down the war in Afghanistan, and we are committed to closing Gitmo. But we also made an ironclad commitment to bring our prisoners of war home," Obama said yesterday, hours after the release of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl.
"It's a profound obligation within our military, and today, at least in this instance, it's a promise we've been able to keep," he said. Bergdahl was in Taliban custody for nearly five years and his release followed years of negotiations, with Qatar acting as intermediary.
"We are committed to winding down the war in Afghanistan, and we are committed to closing Gitmo. But we also made an ironclad commitment to bring our prisoners of war home," Obama said yesterday, hours after the release of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl.
"It's a profound obligation within our military, and today, at least in this instance, it's a promise we've been able to keep," he said. Bergdahl was in Taliban custody for nearly five years and his release followed years of negotiations, with Qatar acting as intermediary.
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