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Casualties, serious casualties, people injured in battle in afghanistan and before that in iraq were sent and then transferred from here back to the united states. they are not used to dealing with this kind of political controversy. generally they have very wounded soldiers who come here. often they are treated for long periods of time. this is an odd situation when there is so much intrigue and questions, political questions about was this the proper thing to do to swap the soldier who allegedly walked off his post leaving a combat outpost in the middle of a dangerous situation. so we are no...

A taliban group. what he said before this disappearing in a letter home that was sharply critical of american policy. then there's the trade of five guantanamo bay detainees. whether the obama administration broke the law in making the deal. and is sending out mixed messages about the whole thing. we'll talk about it all tonight. you'll hear from all sides including a soldier who served with bowe bergdahl who says he was under orders not to talk about him but can now speak his mind freely. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl enlisted in the army in 2008. the next year he was deployed to afghanistan. th...

Was under orders not to talk about him but can now speak his mind freely. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl enlisted in the army in 2008. the next year he was deployed to afghanistan. then on june 30th, 2009, officials say bergdahl was captured. the details into exactly how that happened remain murky. some soldiers who served in his platoon say he deserted, he just walked off the combat outpost in a remote region of afghanistan. for nearly five years bowe bergdahl remained a prisoner of war believed to be held by members of a network affiliated with the al qaeda. his captures released videos of the s...

>> thank you so much. we just can't communicate the words this morning when we heard from the president. >> reporter: five years ago in june 2009, private bowe bergdahl walked away from his combat outpost in afghanistan and was taken captive by the taliban. >> what's your name? >> my name is bowe bergdahl. >> reporter: three weeks later his captors released the first of five hostage videos. >> i am scared, scared i won't be able to go home. >> reporter: by christmas, the taliban was using bergdahl as a propaganda tool, apparently under duress, he spoke out against the u.s. military mission in ...

Words this morning when we heard from the president. >> reporter: five years ago in june 2009, private bowe bergdahl walked away from his combat outpost in afghanistan and was taken captive by the taliban. >> what's your name? >> my name is bowe bergdahl. >> reporter: three weeks later his captors released the first of five hostage videos. >> i am scared, scared i won't be able to go home. >> reporter: by christmas, the taliban was using bergdahl as a propaganda tool, apparently under duress, he spoke out against the u.s. military mission in afghanistan. >> i'm afraid to tell you that this war...