This response is from a family member of mine, a veteran of the navy, submarine corps. He is intelligent and on top of current events in the world......I respect his opinions..........

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is on TV groveling and sucking up to Obama. It's pathetic to see this. There is NO reason for the President to bypass Congress. Period. And for Hagel to say otherwise is an insult. A Law is a Law and must be followed. To trade murderers for a deserter is wrong on so many levels. The excuse "we leave no one behind" is BS. It's no soldier left behind. This guy deserted so was essential and enemy collaborator. He deserved to be left behind. And for anyone to spin this like his fellow soldiers that spoke up are the problem is a further insult. They served Honorably & with distinction..............