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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Hearing on the Transfer of Detainees, House Armed Services Committee

AS PREPARED / EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY 6/11/2014 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL HEARING ON THE TRANSFER OF DETAINEES HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, DC WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2014 Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, members of the committee. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the recovery of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, and the transfer of five detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Qatar. And I appreciate having the Department of Defense General Counsel...

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