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One word about how or why he went missing or answered any questions in any investigation. until that happens, anybody anyone, including the white house, could withhold judgment and not turn this into a political talking point. now lets go in-depth on the bergdahl. the political storm shows no signs of clearing any time soon. tom foreman has that. >> reporter: the bergdahl deal is under siege. the president saying it was clear and clean. one army sarge sentieergeant is home. >> we still have one ...

Circumstances -- >> we still get an american soldier back if he is held in captivity, period. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl has not yet been questioned. there are concerns about his physical and mental health. yesterday the army said in a statement once he is ready they will conduct a comprehensive coordinated review. john and linzie? >> karen, thank you. president obama helps to mark 25 years of free rule in poland today. a quarter of a century ago the country held the first partial free electio...

Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back after being held in captivity, period, full stop. we dont condition that. >> private jessica lynch was the first american p.o.w. rescued after world war ii. the initial story that the pentagon told about jessica lynch about her actions surrounding how she ended up in captivity turned out to be a maid for tv super hero story that jessica lynch herself was the loudest in pointing...

Been touch-and-go for years. and when you have the opportunity to execute this recovery of the last uniformed member of the military held in captivity by the enemy in either of these two long, ongoing conflicts, you take that opportunity. and it was absolutely the right thing to do. that was affirmed by the secretary of defense, affirmed by the director of joint chiefs and affirmed by the commander in chief. >> the president is in warsaw this morning, where he is visiting with european leaders, ...

Soldier back if hes held in captivity. period. >> now president obama is in poland on a four day european trip and for more reaction we turn to ed henry. >> reporter: good evening, sean. the bottom line is the president is here in europe all the week assure nervous allies the u.s. will be there if russia invades more countries. also trying to say look the situation in ukraine is turning around but instead hes dealing with this fresh crisis back home a crisis in confidence because not just on thi...

Captivity. before this happened, you could not invent a hypothetical scenario like this. before this happened, you would have laughed out of the room a would-be screen writer that would have tried to sell you a lot about the freeing of a prisoner of war being treated badly in the united states of america. but incredibly, that is where we are now. ually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer. nothing outperforms it. nothing feels cleaner. its helioplex formula provides unbeatable uva uvb protection to ...

Consequences we entered the same arena that a lot of these european countries. -- have where they made negotiations. they made concessions to terrorism and that only encourages more of the same. >> good discussion. stick around. were going to continue the conversation in a moment about what bowe bergdahl is going to face mentally and physically. what hes facing now and in the months and years ahead. well talk about the team of professionals in germany and texas who have been developing and rehea...

Is an unconfirmed report that bowe bergdahl himself escaped but a was recaptured and fought aggressively. i dont know yet. a lot of unanswered questions. but its not five years in captivity is not an easy ride. >> seven months in captivity isnt either. anyone would say thats a life changing spearens do you find youre the same guy you used to be? so many of these psychologists want to convince me it doesnt matter. youre a different human being. >> you are different. you appreciate life more. i ju...

Safety in general, not that we werent always concerned about his safety in captivity, but in particular as things got to recent weeks here. without going into much more detail there in terms of the indications and the intelligence, i can tell you we had very good reason to be so concerned and that really is what drove the speed with which we moved. >> theres been two lines of criticism in reaction to the announcement. the first has to do with negotiation itself. there are politicians and others ...

Government. but as i said at the outside, i dont know that this law, the notification requirement was ever meant to apply in a situation like the prisoner transfer and exchange that occurred recently. >> congress certainly means for it to apply against emptying out guantanamo and closing the prison. thats why they inserted that language, is that they want the president to be constrained by law for being able to do what he wants to do, which is send prisoners back to their home countries or third...