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Is complete, which could take days, everything will be sent to the commanding general of the u.s. army forces command and he will make the ultimate decision on whether to proceed with a court-martial in this case. his lawyer is asking the military to release the transcript of his clients interrogation and the days following his release from the taliban. he hopes that will counter some of what he calls negative publicity thats been directed. he said he is worried that bergdahl has already been co...

Things started falling off the shelves. 8 people reported dead. more than a million forced from their homes. martha: army sergeant bowe bergdahl is set to make his first appearance before a it in court after being charged with desertion. what can we expect there today? >> reporter: this an article 32 hearing which is the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury. bowe bergdahl has been charged with desertion andness behavior with the enemy. we can expect to hear from both sides. evidence will...

>> certainly anybody whos been held in those conditions in captivity for five years has paid an extraordinary price. but that is really not the point. the point is that hes back. hes going to be safely reunited with his family. he served the united states with honor and distinction. >> and while bergdahl was moved to the brooke army medical center pending the outcome of the investigation, a government accountability office report stated that the bergdahl swap broke the law because the administra...

>> certainly anybody whos been held in those conditions in captivity for five years has paid an extraordinary price. but that is really not the point. the point is that hes back. hes going to be safely reunited with his family. he served the united states with honor and distinction. >> and while bergdahl was moved to the brooke army medical center pending the outcome of the investigation, a government accountability office report stated that the bergdahl swap broke the law because the administra...

Right jim. i hope youre right because there were a lot of cancellations. but it could be to your point just a small family an intimate family, and theyre depressed. >> lets see what happens now. lets see what happens tomorrow and the next day. >> got you. well have a lot more tonight at 8:00 p.m. see you then. hello, everyone. this is a fox news alert. the administration traded him last year for five very dangerous taliban leaders wedlocked up at gitmo. today beau bergdahl has been charged by ...

The army is announcing desertion charges against bowe bergdahl who disappeared from his post and held by the taliban for years. >> the investigation of sergeant robert bowe bergdahl in afghanistan. during the legal information im about to provide im unable to take your questions, but our staff here will provide you with a copy of this statement and point to a contact to address your questions at the conclusion of this statement. our statement follows. the u.s. army forces command has thoroughly ...

Decision-making. >> reporter: no, they are saying completely out of this and this is not something they want to look at in any way as having influence. this is something that a highly-respect the general, the head of the u.s. army forces command has been charged with. it has taken place and unfolded over a series of months. this is a process that is very structured as you would imagine, within the u.s. military court system and so this is something that -- that the administration, while they obv...

Confirmed to fox that more than 20,000 soldier versus deserted from 2006 to 2014. keep in mine they are less than active soldiers each year. the army has only prosecuted about 1,900 deserters. military analysts say thats because usually soldiers desert for family reasons and not to go over to the enemy. >> they could bereleased from the military administratively, perhaps given a less than perfect discharge. everybody goes on tear way. the soldiers go home, leave the service and the military is a...

For family reasons and not to go to the enemy. the military can often find the deserter quickly and sort out problems without a court-martial, wlz it bowe bergdahl who left his unit in afghanistan in 2009 and captured and held by the taliban for five years will face a court-martial is up in the head of the u.s. army forces command. one former army lawyer says there can be special circumstances that factor into how the army deals with deserters. quote, a lot of deserters suffer from ptsd or other...

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