Published on Jan 30, 2015
White
House officials pressured Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to increase
the pace of detainee transfers from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay,
the outgoing secretary acknowledged to CNN's Barbara Starr in an
interview Friday.
"Not everyone at the White House has agreed with me," said Hagel of his methodology for deciding on detainee releases.
"We've had a lot of conversations," Hagel said.
"With the White House?" Starr pushed back.
"Yes," said Hagel. "And Congress. And the press."
But Hagel also said he isn't fazed by the pressure on the issue of detainee transfers.
"Because I have the responsibility and I play my own game here," he emphasized. "And that is because, by law, I am the one official in government charged with certification of release of detainees. I take that responsibility very seriously."
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"Not everyone at the White House has agreed with me," said Hagel of his methodology for deciding on detainee releases.
"We've had a lot of conversations," Hagel said.
"With the White House?" Starr pushed back.
"Yes," said Hagel. "And Congress. And the press."
But Hagel also said he isn't fazed by the pressure on the issue of detainee transfers.
"Because I have the responsibility and I play my own game here," he emphasized. "And that is because, by law, I am the one official in government charged with certification of release of detainees. I take that responsibility very seriously."
"THIS VIDEO IS FAIR USE UNDER U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW BECAUSE IT IS (1) NON-COMMERCIAL, (2) TRANSFORMATIVE IN NATURE, (3) USES NO MORE OF THE ORIGINAL WORK THAN NECESSARY FOR THE VIDEO'S PURPOSE, AND (4) DOES NOT COMPETE WITH THE ORIGINAL WORK AND COULD HAVE NO NEGATIVE AFFECT ON ITS MARKET."
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