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Dang. Hagel is kicking ass.
I embedded video on WNN:
Things got a little heated on Capitol Hill today when Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) grilled Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about why Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has not yet been returned to the United States.
The video below is from the political news website Talking Points Memo (TPM). Here is one particularly testy exchange, as reported by TPM:
The video below is from the political news website Talking Points Memo (TPM). Here is one particularly testy exchange, as reported by TPM:
“Mr. Secretary, you keep saying we can’t get the facts from Sgt. Bergdahl until he gets home,” the congressman said. “Have you ever thought about going to Landstuhl and talking to him there?”
“Well, I don’t know how much medical training you had, congressman. I haven’t had much. And what we’re doing is we are allowing the doctors —” Hagel said before Miller cut him off.
MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/hagel-on-hill-re-bergdahl/
Also check out TPM's more complete story: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chuck-hagel-jeff-miller-bergdahl-hearing
UPDATE: I have updated the WNN post to include some video from NBC News.
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The man who doesn't believe climate change is caused by humans because the dinosaurs went extinct and there was no exhaust or pollution 
Yeah, he's just the guy to get to the facts 
