State Dept. Rejects Claim that Bergdahl Swap Created Incentive to Kidnap More

‘There are well-established rules for how we bring our servicemen home’

HARF: "When we are talking about Bowe Bergdahl, he was a U.S. military serviceman. There are well-established rules for how we bring our servicemen home. That doesn’t mean that we don’t put every resource we have at our disposal towards finding these hostages and bringing them home. People in this building, starting with Secretary Kerry, and a whole team of people here, have worked with the intelligence community, with the FBI, with anyone else who might be able to help bring them home. But as you’ve seen, ISIS is a brutal group that is willing to kill anyone who comes into their path. This is a very tough challenge."

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