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Couple more stories to get to before break. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is back on american soil this morning. he landed safely in san antonio this morning. the taliban freed bergdahl after nearly five years in captivity. in a controversial prisoner swap. something that has been criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. he will stay at brook army medical center and is not expected to make any public appearances during this reintegration process. he had been recovered at a military hospital in germany. he has not yet chose ton speak to his family. some of the former soldiers have labe...

A spokesman says bergdahl will continue the next face into the preintegration process. there is no time line for the process. our focus remains on his health and well-being. he was swapped for five gitmo prisoners. some republican lawmakers were asking why he still had not been returned to the u.s. >> we have seriously wounded soldiers who rurped to the united states almost immediately. you are telling me he goes being held because of his medical condition. >> i don't like the implications. >> answer it. >> he is being held there because they don't believe he is ready to take the next step. >>...

Each phase that sergeant bergdahl participates in is a custom event fitted to his individual circumstances. this reintegration process is done on joint base san antonio and ft. sam houston because the department of the army tasks u.s. army south with the lead for phase three reintegration. u.s. army south has received tremendous support from the u.s. department of defense as well as my immediate higher headquarters, the united states southern command and u.s. european command who will lead for phase one the initial recovery and phase two, decompression of reintegration. i would also like to th...

Because that reintegration process is challenging. if anybody can relate to a holiday time with family and friends there's always chaos that goes on. so you can imagine that after five years in captivity, not knowing what to expect. not knowing what to say. there's a lot there that i'm sure he's still going to need to be briefed on before he even meets his parents even for a few moments. >> that's interesting because from my perspective i would think one way would be once you come back you would want to be reunited with your parents. you would want to be with the people that you knew before. i...

Now. also we help them return to action plans for the future so they can prepare for and deal with events and help them move forward. >> next question. >> i'm with cnn. two questions. at what point do you integrate with bowe the controversy surrounding his capture and his release, at what point is that introduced to him because every indication we have so far is that he is unaware of all of that. then also, it's been almost two weeks and as far as we know, he has not spoken with his parents. is that out of the norm? it seems that parents who have not seen their son for five years would have at...