Update to this story.

Via The Hill:

President Obama was responsible for the decision to swap five Taliban militants for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the White House said Tuesday.

The White House sought to deflect charges from congressional Republicans that the administration was trying to pin blame on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel for the trade.

“The president’s the commander in chief, and the president’s the one that’s ultimately responsible for making sure that we fulfill this commitment that we don’t leave anybody behind,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.

Earnest added that there was “no daylight between the president and any of his national security advisers about the wisdom of this decision.”

Earlier Tuesday, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) suggested the administration might me framing Hagel as the “fall guy” for the controversial prisoner swap.