Hillary Clinton Was Skeptical Of Taliban-Bergdahl Swap

Hillary Clinton Was Skeptical Of Taliban-Bergdahl Swap
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FILE - This May 14, 2014 file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in Washington. Clinton defended her response to the deadly 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, writing in her new book that she will "not be part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was personally and intensely involved in the debate over swapping five Taliban commanders for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in 2011 and 2012.

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