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About all that, she said until his time of the story is told, we just don t have the complete picture as to why he ended up in taliban hands. his side of the story is something a lot of people are waiting to hear. jim accosta in france. really terrific interview. thanks so much, jim, for being with us. want to bring in our political commentators. susan rice once again at the center of this controversy. the political side of this controversy. she did say honor and distinction on the sunday shows describing bowe bergdahl s service and explains herself what she says she meant. a convincing argument? i think that susan rice is a good soldier and thafrankly i f sorry for her because it s the white house s story that s changed. susan rice has to go out and defend it depending on the story. fixating on her is not the right ....
Will do just that, wolf. she really didn t back away from what she said on the sunday shows last weekend, right? she explained what she meant, maybe tried to clarify a bit. she wasn t apologizing or anything like that, right? reporter: that s right, wolf. i think she juf wast wanted to clarify the comments. she said originally he served with honor and distinction and said, well, by serving during a time of war, that s an honorable thing to do. she is i think walking back the comments somewhat because they know the whole matter has to be investigated as to how he ended up in taliban hands. it is still not known at this time, wolf. the president heading back to the united states even as we speak, right? reporter: that s right. i asked susan rice, this was yet another foreign policy trip where his global approach was questioned. she said that even though the critics have been weighing in on his policies on ukraine and syria and calling them in some cases uninspiring, she said the ....
Is determined at least at this point to not draw any final conclusions about bowe bergdahl. yes, some of his fellow soldiers have called him a deserter. there are questions about how he landed in taliban hands. this administration at this point is saying, you know what? the pentagon needs to conduct its own investigation, and bergdahl needs to give his side of the story. wet haven t heard that at this point. so that is also interesting. one final thing i want to point out, carol, is during our discussion about syria, the white house has been fairly not very specific, frankly, about what kind of assistance they re providing to the syrian moderate opposition. you heard at one point during that interview where susan rice used the term lethal and non-lethal assistance. my understanding is that the white house has not really described it in that fashion. they ve talked about military and non-military, a little bit of distinction there, but also a little bit of news that she described it a ....
Coming out. that s true. early start continues right early start continues right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com happening now, new questions and controversy over the prison swap that freed a captured american soldier and returned five terrorists back to the taliban. this morning, new interviews with sergeant bowe bergdahl s fellow soldiers. they re questioning how he was captured and the deadly effects of his disappearance, this as lawmakers meet today on whether the president broke the law to carry out that controversial exchange. we have live team coverage of all of these angles, breaking down every aspect of this big story. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m john berman. it s tuesday, june 3rd. great to see you. 5:00 a.m. in the east. and we do begin with bowe bergdahl. now, until we hear from him, we will not know exactly how or why he fell into taliban hands, but this morning there are new questions surrounding the army serg ....
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