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Duty and misbehavior before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command, unit or place, and has referred the case to an article 34 preliminary hearing. again, sergeant bergdahl is charged under the uniform code of military justice with one count of article 85 desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and one count of article 99 misbehavior before the enemy, by endangering the safety of a command unit or place. as you recall, sergeant bergdahl disappeared june 30th, 2009 fro...

Wear it for the people who didnt make it. over half of those who have received the medal of honor passpass passed away, only nine from iraq and afghanistan are still living. certainly, his humility here and the way hes receiving this honor is to be commended. theres a lot of other people from his unit now, three from the 173rd brigade, that served in afghanistan during that 15-month deployment that are living recipients of the award. i think all of them have been consistent with the fact that th...

Breaking news out of iraq tonight. militants believed to be isis extremist fighters taking more territory regaining control of the refinery in baijii, and gaining ground in parts of the kurdish north. arwa damon witnessed the fighting there. >> reporter: the battle lines drawn but for over a week, not crossed. then came the isis assaults. they came at us from three directions, colonel ahmed tells us. the battle lasted for six hours. in the distance, an iraqi iraqi military vehicle commandeered b...

Attacked. catching the kurdish peshmerga unit off guard. it wont happen again. peshmerga commander watched isis appear just an hour after the iraqi army withdrew, casually staking their claim without firing a single shot. "that used to be with the army," he points out a two-story building. thats the isis flag right there? another planted on the water tower. the battle lines drawn, but for over a week, not crossed. then came the isis assault. they came at us from three directions, this colonel te...

He was under strict orders not to talk about him. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl enlisted in the army in 2008. the next year he was deployed to afghanistan. then on june 30th, 2009, officials say bergdahl was captured. the details into exactly how that happened remain murky. some soldiers who served in his platoon say he deserted, he just walked off the combat outpost in a remote region of afghanistan. for nearly five years bowe bergdahl remained a prisoner of war believed to be held by members of a...

Casualties, serious casualties, people injured in battle in afghanistan and before that in iraq were sent and then transferred from here back to the united states. they are not used to dealing with this kind of political controversy. generally they have very wounded soldiers who come here. often they are treated for long periods of time. this is an odd situation when there is so much intrigue and questions, political questions about was this the proper thing to do to swap the soldier who alleged...

A taliban group. what he said before this disappearing in a letter home that was sharply critical of american policy. then theres the trade of five guantanamo bay detainees. whether the obama administration broke the law in making the deal. and is sending out mixed messages about the whole thing. well talk about it all tonight. youll hear from all sides including a soldier who served with bowe bergdahl who says he was under orders not to talk about him but can now speak his mind freely. >> repor...

Was under orders not to talk about him but can now speak his mind freely. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl enlisted in the army in 2008. the next year he was deployed to afghanistan. then on june 30th, 2009, officials say bergdahl was captured. the details into exactly how that happened remain murky. some soldiers who served in his platoon say he deserted, he just walked off the combat outpost in a remote region of afghanistan. for nearly five years bowe bergdahl remained a prisoner of war believed to...

>> thank you so much. we just cant communicate the words this morning when we heard from the president. >> reporter: five years ago in june 2009, private bowe bergdahl walked away from his combat outpost in afghanistan and was taken captive by the taliban. >> whats your name? >> my name is bowe bergdahl. >> reporter: three weeks later his captors released the first of five hostage videos. >> i am scared, scared i wont be able to go home. >> reporter: by christmas, the taliban was using bergdahl ...

Words this morning when we heard from the president. >> reporter: five years ago in june 2009, private bowe bergdahl walked away from his combat outpost in afghanistan and was taken captive by the taliban. >> whats your name? >> my name is bowe bergdahl. >> reporter: three weeks later his captors released the first of five hostage videos. >> i am scared, scared i wont be able to go home. >> reporter: by christmas, the taliban was using bergdahl as a propaganda tool, apparently under duress, he s...