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Members of congress knew this was going on because of -- just because of the front page of the post. they should have picked up the phone and the white house rose garden event and some of the other things on the pr public are not just -- im not going to defend them on that. i think on bergdahl himself, look, you are innocent until proven guilty. he will come back. he will be be tried. if he is a deserter, he will be tried under the military code of justice and under that code the death penalty i...

Interviewed. >> right, yeah, and the bigger problem here is that first and foremost we dont leave anyone behind or at least we shouldnt. listen, i guess that we should ask this question, if george bush or ronald reagan had done exactly the same thing, would the criticism be there as it is today, and i am willing to bet that the answer is no, it wouldnt, because anything that barack obama can do is ever going to satisfy the republicans, and that being said, this, this soldier, clearly, he walked ...

Mr. president, there are questions regarding sergeant bergdahls disappearance and whether or not military code was violated. these are issues by the united states army not monday morning quarterbacks on capitol hill. >> that was majority leader harry reid speaking this morning on the senate floor about sergeant bowe bergdahl and specifically he was addressing the question of whether he deserted his unit before he was captured by the taliban in june of 2009. desertion is a very particular, very d...

Others were seriously wounded, and were finding out more and more that other people were put in harms way and gave up their life for him. he has to stand in the military code of justice. >> the army planning to question bergdahl once his health does improve. many are wondering about bowe bergdahls dads beard noting a strong and eerie resemblance to the beards worn by the taliban -plt bob bergdahl said he grew the beard to better understand the mind of his sons captors. he -lts -- he also learn...

The administration expected pushback from congress, but what they did not anticipate is some of the members of the platoon and the family members coming out to pushing back on the storyline if it was ever a part of the formulation that somehow bergdahl was a hero. >> well, listenk, i dont know if bergdahl is a hero or not, and that is why the military is to decide, and that is for the military code of justice. >> well, not deciding if he is a hero or not, but whether he is a deserter, but a cour...

Maybe this guy is crazy. sergeant bergdahl. im glad we have got the american back. i totally disagree with the deal made but im glad we have got an american back. we clean him up, take care of him, and then you court martial him for being a deserter. we cant keep calling him a hero. again, we had 14 soldiers killed trying to find this guy for the last five years. operations turned upside down. we did everything we could on the ground to find him, which we should have done. thats -- we have that ...

Wasnt the case. we had general dempsey issue a statement that says back off the debate. weve got to figure out whats going on -- >> he made a similar point to the point you made earlier, this needs to be an internal review and subject to the conditions of the uniform military code of justice. like any american, hes innocent until proven guilty. of course, referring to sergeant bergdahl. our armys leadsers will not look away from misconduct if it occurred. theres some possibility of discipline. d...

The fact is, we were going to have to release all of the taliban somewhere in the next 12 or 18 months anyway. and the fact that these five are going to be yes, in house arrest in qata r for a year. it is getting the last american held by the taliban out, and in our possession, i think it was worth it. and in the end, if bergdahl did desert, trust me, he will be held by the military code of justice, he will face court martial and other charges and that may play out. he may spend life in the brig...

He potentially committed violations and arguably violations that led to the loss of life of members his of own unit in their efforts to recover him. so theres no doubt in my mind that theres going to be a very deliberate and careful effort to develop the facts, although that also raises complicating issues related to whether or not he is entitled to a miranda-type warning under the military code. which might lead him to say he doesnt want to talk about it at all. >> and if that is the issue and ...

Fix this problem, in 2009, in 2012, that things are better? what do you want to say to him? >> you need to get down in there and look from the ground floor up and start immediately making changes. i noticed when my dad was in there, it was complete inefficiency in recordkeeping. it needs immediate action. >> darryl? >> i would ask some questions. i would say, why is our commander and chief awol on the allegations of va? why is attorney general eric holder awol on the same thing? when we were ask...