[Vision2020] URGENT - Afghanistan-Bergdahl-Release

[Rosemary Huskey]

This is wonderful news!!!!  What a hero he is to have survived under what
must have been horrendous conditions.

Rose Huskey

 

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An undated photo of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.

 

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On May 31, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

Courtesy of KTUU

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URGENT - Afghanistan-Bergdahl-Release


(CNN) -- Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the American soldier held captive for nearly
five years by militants during the Afghanistan war, is being released, the
White House said on Saturday.





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Bowe Bergdahl Fast Facts


By CNN Library

POSTED: 08:46 AM AKDT May 31, 2014 

(CNN) -

Here are some facts about Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, an American prisoner of
war. It is believed he is being held by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network
in Pakistan.

Personal: Birth date: March 28, 1986

Birth place: Sun Valley, Idaho

Birth name: Bowe Robert Bergdahl

Father: Robert Bergdahl, a driver for United Parcel Service

Mother: Jani Bergdahl

Military: U.S. Army, 2008-present, Sergeant assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska

Other Facts: Traveled in Europe before enlisting in the Army.

Worked as a crewmember on a sailboat that traveled along the East Coast and
to the Caribbean.

Timeline: 2008 - Enlists in the Army.

May 2009 - Is deployed to Afghanistan.

June 30, 2009 - Is captured in Paktika province, Afghanistan.

July 2, 2009 - A U.S. military official says that the soldier is being held
by the clan of warlord Siraj Haqqani. The Taliban previously claimed to have
captured the soldier.

July 19, 2009 - A video of Bergdahl is posted on the Internet.

December 25, 2009 - Bergdahl's captors release a video of him.

April 7, 2010 - Another video of Bergdahl is released.

June 12, 2010 - Bergdahl is promoted to specialist.

December 7, 2010 - His captors releases a nearly 45-minute video of a thin
Westerner identified as Spc. Bowe Bergdahl.

February 2011 - Another video of Bergdahl is released.

May 6, 2011 - Robert Bergdahl, Bowe's father, makes his first statement
since the disapperance of his son. Releases a YouTube video asking for his
son's release.

June 12, 2011 - Bergdahl is promoted to sergeant.

May 2012 - The U.S. government acknowledges that it has engaged in talks
with the Taliban to free Bergdahl.

June 6, 2013 - Bergdahl's family announces that "through the International
Committee of the Red Cross, we recently received a letter we're confident
was written to us by our son."

January 2014 - A U.S. military official tells CNN that the military has
obtained a new video of Bergdahl.

February 18, 2014 - A U.S. official tells CNN that discussions are under way
with intermediaries overseas to see if there is any ability to gain
Bergdahl's release. The discussions are being led by U.S. diplomats and the
Defense Department is involved

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