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GAO: Pentagon violated law in Taliban-GI swap

By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press

Posted: August 22, 2014 at 4:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon broke the law when it released five Taliban leaders in exchange for the freedom of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a prisoner in Afghanistan for five years, congressional investigators said Thursday.


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