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CBS News Poll: Most Americans say Obama should have notified Congress of Bowe Bergdahl-Taliban prisoner swap
1. CBS News Poll: Most Americans say Obama should have
notified Congress of Bowe Bergdahl-Taliban prisoner swap
Last Updated Jun 10, 2014 1:30 PM EDT
By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus
Just over a week after U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was freed by the Taliban, a CBS News Poll
shows 45 percent of Americans disapprove of the deal that saw him released in exchange for five
Taliban militants, while 37 percent approve of it. About one in five do not have an opinion.
Views differ by political party: most Republicans disapprove of the deal, while just over half of
Democrats approve. Among those who have served in the military, 55 percent disapprove of the
prisoner swap.
Most Americans -- 56 percent -- say the U.S. paid too high a price to secure Bergdahl's release.
Among veterans, that figure rises to 65 percent.
Republicans and independents say the deal cost the U.S. too much, while Democrats are more
divided: 42 percent think the terms of the agreement were reasonable, but almost as many -- 39
percent -- say the U.S. paid too high a price.
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The president has been criticized by some members of Congress for not informing them of the
prisoner exchange at least 30 days before it was carried out, as required by U.S. law.
The administration has defended the decision to move hastily with the swap, arguing there was an
urgent risk to Bergdahl's health, and that any leak of the plans could have presented an additional
threat to his safety.
Americans give the president low marks for his handling of the release of Sgt. Bergdahl - just 35