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>> well, carol, what we now know is that in the months before joining the army, he actually spent about 26 days as a member of the u.s. coast guard. he was discharged from that very quickly with an administrative or nonspecified discharge. we do not know the reasons he was discharged. that has not yet been made public. despite all of the speculation, and then he joined the army. one of the questions that has been asked is whether he got some type of waiver to join the army, as many soldiers did ...

Political analyst, matthew ho is a friend of the family but also you have your background, you are a former state department official in afghanistan. you know about the system. first to you. i gave up my source here. the bergdahls, the family, at least bob, theyre watching the secretary of defense. >> yes, they were watching. bob and i talk often. im not a representative of the family. were friends. he knew i was on. he was watching. he sent me a text message. >> what did he say? >> the first co...

Compassion nal person. that first time i have heard it. its out of context. that to me means he is this young man who has a spirit of adventure, who has been an independent thinker and now hes in this military system and its rubbing him the wrong way. that could be it. it could be just his own personality clashing with the military life. again, i dont really know. its the first time i have heard it. its difficult to speculate on those things. >> i have to wrap it up there. i could go on and on f...

Anchor from kabul, after stachb. plus, matthew ho, who made headlines as the first u.s. official known to resign in protest over the afghan war. my colleague tamron hall takes over from here with the latest on potential signs of a leak on the floor of the gulf, have a gate day, well see you tomorrow. [ male announcer ] presenting the cadillac "summers best" sales event.

Critical time for the u.s. military which is about to launch a major offensive against the tunnel. coming up in half an hour, im going to get a chance to speak with former state department official matthew ho who resigned in protest over the u.s. war policy in afghanistan. were going to get him on the record today and see how he feels about whats taking place now. its just like a james bond movie. complete with the sexy bond girl and all, but did the suspected spies actually get any real insid...

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Washington, d.c. any minute we are expecting the senate to confirm general david petraeus as the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. again, hes going to be taking over from general stanley mcchrystal who resigned after that damaging "rolling stone" article which quoted him and slammed the obama administration. we want to tell you that matthew ho, a name you may remember, he quit his state department position in afghanistan as part of a protest against the strategy of the war. well have him coming...

Matthew, i want to ask you, what do you think about the strategy taking place today, the changes that will be coming forward in afghanistan? >> all right. thomas, thanks for having me on. you know, i dont think general petraeus has stated explicitly that there will be changes. however, i am hopeful that when he gets over there and his staff gets over there with him, that they take a fresh look at what were doing and realizing that a lot of our operations right now and our efforts are counterprod...

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