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Jay carney. bergdahls capture. >> it hasnt been determined yet whether he was a deserter. >> sergeant bergdahl was in captivity for five years, held against his will and it was absolutely the right thing to do consistent with our tradition in the united states to secure his return. the defense department will in terms of evaluating all of the circumstances surrounding his initial detention and his captivity. >> so carney kind of dodged the question. joining us from boston fox news military analy...

>> right now officials say bergdahl is in stable condition but its unclear when exactly hell return to the united states. bring in cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance. good morning, matthew. >> reporter: carol, good morning. thats right. were here at the regional medical facility in northern germany at landstuhl will bowe bergdahl is currently being treated for certain medical issues. nobodys talking about whether or not he deserted. the focus very much on his medical needs. be...

You. your thoughts on hearing about the exchange. i mean is it, what went through your mind as someone who was held captive. >> i believe the story of bowe breaking down in tears and the helicopter, the sort of relief he feels. but lets be honest theres a lot of controversy about this and anger toward him. whatever happened to him that night at his base he regrets it. he spent five years in captivity. hell carry this with the rest of his life. at this point he may not know soldiers died in the s...

Justice for deserting, for leaving the base if that, in fact is proven that is what he did? >> in bergdahls case it would be politically impossible for them to punish him after having brought him back and expended so much effort. but if -- i dont think that it would make sense to imprison him. i think that he should at least face the administrative reprimand or at least be made to make a statement as to what happened, to acknowledge the gravity of what he did. >> youve forgive him, though? >> i ...

What the army is basically saying, they want to question him once he is further down the road in recovery. i dont think anybody believes at this point, just a couple of days into this, after five years in captivity, hes really ready to talk in detail about this in any kind of fashion that the army would want to hear, for a legal proceeding. his parents will be in the coming days, but no one is saying exactly when, brooke. >> barbara starr, thank you for that update. more news just in involving...

Town is that were happy hes back. were happy that hes out of captivity. right now we just want to celebrate the fact that hes alive and well or as well as he can be. and show support for the family and let them know were behind them for whatever they need to do to make sure bowe on his uphill battle he has what he needs. the community has bonded together to show support, and, you know, in a unified thing. we can deal with all the other stuff later. were so happy and thrilled to have him back tha...

With anything. hes on the books. even if they let him go, characterization of discharge was service honorable under honorable conditions and theres administrative ways to get him out. absolutely. this is completely and solely within the armys hands of what do they want to do? obviously he was in captivity. >> thats the other point to bring up. no matter what happened here and how it looks or what side of the fence or argument youre on, hes spent five years as a hostage for the taliban. are they ...

You think the administration was completely ignorant that there was this anger towards bergdahl that had been building up -- forget the politics of it all. forget the criticism about the tratd. im just talking about the anger of the soldiers. do you think they had any idea? >> i think there was an awareness, to be sure, but they want to focus on the freeing of the soldier. if had he died in captivity, it would have been absolutely horrendous. i think the focus was on the ability and opportunity ...

Groups, p.o.w./m.i.a. groups come in. last year we counted 1100 motorcycle groups where we have a big rally. we planted a tree every year to symbolize every year he was in captivity. nice way for the community to get together, show support and bring aware nose the situation. >> you know bowe well. i mean you met him. i under when he came into your ballet studio where you worked whats he like? >> he is a great guy. de. one of my dancers was a family friend of his. he had a sword fighting class ri...

Make sure his immediated me couple concerns are addressed. this army in depth process they have a psychologist, an escape psychologist who is trained in this, this is his whole mission to go train and walk bowe through this whole process of reintegration. as david alluded this is a traumatic experience waking up not knowing if youre still back and held in captivity. i can tell you witnessing this and we debriefed, i personally debriefed a handful of folks that were held hostage in baghdad and pa...