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>> nightmares, flashbacks, difficulties of reconnecting with other people, they have been through that and they have studied other prisoners of war. >> reporter: in phase three, bergdahl will finally be able to have a family reu genernion. keith was held for almost five years in colombia. he told us about his first meeting with his family saying he was only given a few moments with them. >> its an emotionally situation that was tough. i loved them and missed them but 20 minutes into it, i needed...

That he would soon die of malnutrition or be killed drew obama to cut the best deal we could get. in any case, the president said we had a chance to free someone wearing the american uniform from enemy hands and has no apologies for his decision. meanwhile, a new poll shows the american people opposed to the deal, especially to the release of dangerous prisoners to win the americans release. senator angus king is a democrat from maine. he was in the briefing about bowe bergdahls release in the c...

Soldiers to sign nondisclosure agreements to not discuss bergdahls disappearance, to not discuss the search for him, is that true? >> at the beginning, yes, when everything happened, and while youre in the military, yes. >> but now a lot of you are talking. is that because he is finally out of enemy hands and you feel that the truth should come out? whats the motivating force? >> if for me, hes a deserter, america needs to know, hes back and needs to be accountable for his actions. >> justin ger...

Word about some back story behind this, that was somewhere beneath the service. the truth is that, you know, the military community is excited about the idea of his return, because, you know, we believe in the idea that if a soldier is inside of enemy hands, that we know that our military and our political structure will do everything that it takes to bring us back home. but that still doesnt excuse or in any way dismiss the idea that the circumstances behind his capture do need to be evaluated ...

>> i hope your english is coming back. i love you. im proud of you. im so proud of your character. >> reporter: his parents joy not with standing, more than a dozen soldiers who served with bergdahl call him a desserter. he saw an american soldier that morning walking by himself. on nbcs "meet the press" sunday chuck hagel deferred questions about how bergdahl came to be in enemy hands. >> im not surprised that there are still questions and until we get the facts exactly what the condition of se...

Why didnt they declare him missing. he walked into enemy hands, apparently not on purpose, but he was headsing out into the country. >> because they couldnt ask him why he left. and in the proof of life videos, he asked for help from the u.s. government to come home. on the strength of that, they couldnt leave him out there. and also, the u.s. presence shrinking, they had to check on his health and well being remotely. sometimes through spies, sometimes electronically. they knew they would be lo...

Chuck hagel deferred questions about how bergdahl came into enemy hands. >> im not surprised that there are still questions and until we get the facts exactly what the condition of sergeant bergdahl is we cant go much further and speculate. >> reporter: soldiers on the ground at the time tell cnn insurgents were eight to take advantage of the massive military under taking to rescue bergdahl with ieds placed more effectively. six soldiers were killed during that week. clayton bowman, walker, curt...

They tell cnn he purposely left the observation post. an afghan child said he saw an american soldier walking by himself. on nbcs "meet the press" sunday chuck hagel deferred questions about how bergdahl came into enemy hands. >> im not surprised that there are still questions and until we get the facts exactly what the condition of sergeant bergdahl is we cant go much further and speculate. >> reporter: sls on the ground at the time tell cnn insurgents were eight to take advantage of the massiv...

Tactics and procedures, all those sorts of things. so, that is going to be for sure part of what his debrief and his discussions here will be about. but of course, it will be a very important point to figure out precisely why and how he came to fall into enemy hands. soldiers lives were put on the line in the search for him, and that is very, very important for many of those who did just that, who went out and looked for him. they want to know how this all began. >> very much a part of the discu...

At fault for walking into enemy hands. many of his fellow soldiers do not believe he should get a heros welcome back home. >> its a good day. >> yes, its a good day. >> reporter: welcome news for bowe bergdahls parents. their son, the only known prisoner of war, was released by his captures and coming home to idaho. >> five years is a seemingly endless long time but youve made it. >> reporter: but new details coming to light about how his freedom was both lost and regained complicate any planned...