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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe New York Times<\/a> reports that while the rest of the country was worried about some movie, the Obama Administration sent four more graduates of Guantanamo University back to Afghanistan, their home country. Remember yesterday when I mentioned<\/a> that one graduate of the Balad Annex of Gitmo U was released back to Pakistan and he went to work plotting that massacre at the Pakistan military school? Well, you can lay those fears aside with this bunch, says Chuck Hagel;<\/p>\n Delays by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in signing off on transfers that had been approved by Mr. Obama\u2019s national security staff contributed to tensions between the exiting Pentagon chief and the White House, particularly with the national security adviser, Susan Rice. But Mr. Hagel, who resigned under pressure last month, has maintained all year that he would not be rushed in releasing prisoners.<\/p>\n In May, Ms. Rice sent Mr. Hagel a memo pressuring him to pick up the pace, and Mr. Hagel told reporters during a flight to Alaska at the time that he was in no hurry to approve deals. \u201cMy name is going on that document; that\u2019s a big responsibility,\u201d Mr. Hagel said. He added: \u201cWhat I\u2019m doing is, I\u2019m taking my time. I owe that to the American people, to ensure that any decision I make is, in my mind, responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n Some military officers have expressed worry that prisoners released from Guant\u00e1namo may return to the battlefield and harm American troops who remain in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n But the Pentagon statement released Saturday said that \u201cthe United States has full confidence in the ability of the Afghan government to mitigate any threats that may be posed by these individuals, and to ensure humane treatment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, well, if Ms. Rice wants the pace of the releases to increase from the Guantanamo School for Boys, Mr. Hagel should release them all to her front porch, all 132 of them. For being a national security adviser, she doesn’t seem too concerned about national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"