NBC's Guthrie to Romney: Would You Have Made Bergdahl Swap if You Were President?

Kyle Drennen | March 26, 2015
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In an exclusive interview with Mitt Romney on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie wondered if the 2012 presidential contender would have traded five Taliban terrorists for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl if commander-in-chief: "It was controversial. The President presumably knew the circumstance of Bowe Bergdahl's leaving his post. He said, though, leave no soldier on the battlefield. If that had been you in the Oval Office, would you have made that same call?"

Romney responded: "Well, there are two conflicting principles, American principles, at play here. One is leave no one behind and the other is don't negotiate with terrorists....the real question for me is, do the people being released represent a threat to American lives in the future? In this case I believe they do. And as a result, I was critical at the time of the exchange and continue to be critical."

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