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Military men and women in uniform behind. as commander in chief i am proud of the service members who recovered sergeant bergdahl. they performed with extraordinary courage and professionalism and made their nation proud. right now our top priority is making sure bowe gets the care and support that he needs and that he can be reunited with his family as soon as possible. im also grateful for the tireless work of our diplomats and the cooperation of the government of qatar in helping to secure bo...

Members who remain unaccounted for on. we also remain deeply committed to securing the release of american citizens who are unjustly obtained abroad and deserve to be reunited with their families just like the bergdahls soon will be. bob and jenny, today, families across america share in the joy that i know you feel. as a parent, i cant imagine the hardship that you guys have gone through. as president, i know that i speak for all americans when i say we cannot wait for the moment when youre reu...

Back to our developing story right now. the only u.s. military member still held captive from the wars in iraq and afghanistan now in u.s. custody. army sergeant bowe bergdahl a was captured by the taliban in 2009 and now he has been freed. special forces picked him up at 10:30 a.m. eastern time from his captainors in afghanistan. in change as for forhis release the u.s. handed over five detainees from guantanamo bay, cuba. bergdahl is at a u.s. forwarding operating base in afghanistan. his fami...

As well. >> it certainly is cause for concern. we should be asking questions about the nature of these negotiations but as we know we have been negotiating for well over a year on these very points, how many hostages would be released, how many rather prisoners would be released and what the terms of release would be. who would be the intermediary in the conversation. this is not something that went along quickly. the president as well as his cabinet have made very thoughtful decisions about thi...

Place measures to protect our national security. i also want to express gratitude to the afghan government which has always support our efforts to secure bowes release. going forward the united states will continue to support and afghan led process of reconciliation which could help secure a hard-earned peace within a sovereign and unified afghanistan. as i said earlier this week, we are committed to winding down the war in afghanistan and we are committed to closing gitmo. but we also made an i...