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All the stuff that you just told us about ordering hits, that kind of thing, you're going to have to do that. you're going to have to put that to writing. >> just for my own understanding, what is the main source of your change of heart? >> basically i'm tired of doing other people's dirty work, of ordering people to do things that because -- for someone else's selfish reasons, when, in fact, it doesn't benefit me here nor there. i was ordered to kill a dear friend of mine, and i really didn't appreciate that. >> good enough for me. >> there's no guarantees. so it really has to come from withi...

>> the goal of reintegration is to return the soldier to duty. >> over here on the left. >> i'm from ktrk out of houston. can you tell us anything about sergeant bergdahl's memory of what happened out there? does he have any memories of the past five years? also, has he spoken to any soldiers who he served with and are there any plans to have him do so? >> that's a great question. we are trying [ inaudible ] to understand his story. i would add that at this point, it is truly his story and i would defer to him to answer those questions at a time he may find appropriate and the commander finds ...

Personal hygiene and familiarize himself with his surroundings. he is starting to be evaluated by some of our consulting services over the weekend. we will synchronize that both with the debriefing process as well as medical evaluation, some stuff which was not done in landstuhl because that was to address immediate needs as well as the decompression process. >> i'm phil archer with ktrk-tv in houston. how many of you gentlemen were on the plane with him from germany to san antonio? >> none. >> sergeant bergdahl is emotionally fragile. can you expound -- this is for colonel poppen. can you exp...

Went over to the van which was part of the three-vehicle combo and took him here. he appeared just like any sergeant would when they see a two-star general. a little bit nervous. but he looked good and again, saluted and had good deportment. >> the second part, over to you. >> one part of integration is psychological decompression. during that process we try to return a sense of control. in captivity, fundamentally, your decision to make any choice is taken away. we slowly increase our chances to make choices and have a sense of control. we also have them go through healthy story telling, to b...

They understand and support that process. overall, it is the returnee's choice to determine when and where they want to see. i believe the family understands that at this point in time. >> as far as the controversy around [ inaudible ]? >> the controversy around his disappearance? anything surrounding the controversy of his disappearance is not part of reintegration. that will be addressed in an investigation done by the department of army after reintegration is complete. >> just a clarification, you are asking if he's aware of the media reporting about him right now? okay. i recommend we pass...