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Chuck Hagel: "His life, his health were in peril"
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says the decision to strike a deal with the Taliban for the release of a US soldier was unanimous in the White House.
Mr Hagel told the BBC the agreement was made because it was believed Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's life was "in peril".
Barack Obama's administration had to act quickly and without first consulting Congress, he added.
Sgt Bergdahl was freed after five years in captivity, in exchange for five Taliban figures from Guantanamo Bay.
'Made a judgement'The White House is required to notify Congress 30 days before transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay but decided that waiting was too risky.
"It was our judgement based on the information that we had that his life, his health were in peril," Mr Hagel told the BBC.
"Can you imagine if we would have waited or taken the chance of leaks over a 30 day period?
"I will tell you what I know and I made a judgement on this too - that would have seriously imperilled us ever getting him out."
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A video released by the Taliban shows Sgt Bowe Bergdahl being handed over
Mr Hagel was speaking the day after a welcoming party in Sgt Bergdahl's home town of Hailey, Idaho, was cancelled, and amid suspicions that he deserted his post.
Organisers said the event was called off because of a large increase in the number of expected attendees.
Several commentators and soldiers have branded Sgt Bergdahl a deserter and called for him to be punished.
Mr Hagel defended the deal for his release and said the US Army would be investigating the circumstances surrounding Sgt Bergdahl's capture.
"This was the right decision for the right reasons," he said. "We don't leave our people behind."
"Why the disappearance - the army has already addressed that, and we'll get to that."
Critics of the deal have alleged that six US soldiers were killed in the initial efforts to locate the missing man.
The US military's top-ranking officer, Gen Martin Dempsey, said on Tuesday that the Army would not ignore misconduct but that the 28-year-old was "innocent until proven guilty".
Sgt Bergdahl is currently in a military hospital in Germany undergoing rehabilitation. It is not yet known when he will return to the US.
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