<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div>An undated photo of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:A4F43CC1-D51F-4FC0-8C9A-56E769DA25A1" alt="image.png" id="A4F43CC1-D51F-4FC0-8C9A-56E769DA25A1" width="640" height="577"><br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><br>On May 31, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of KTUU<br><br>-----------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">URGENT - Afghanistan-Bergdahl-Release</span></font></h1></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(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.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></div><div><hgroup><div class="header"><h1><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bowe Bergdahl Fast Facts</span></font></h1><div class="author" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By CNN Library</span></div><div class="detailTimestamp"><span class="date postedAt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">POSTED: 08:46 AM AKDT May 31, 2014 </span></div></div></hgroup><span class="authorLocation" style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(CNN) -</span><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Personal: Birth date: March 28, 1986</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Birth place: Sun Valley, Idaho</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Birth name: Bowe Robert Bergdahl</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Father: Robert Bergdahl, a driver for United Parcel Service</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mother: Jani Bergdahl</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Other Facts: Traveled in Europe before enlisting in the Army.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Worked as a crewmember on a sailboat that traveled along the East Coast and to the Caribbean.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Timeline: 2008 - Enlists in the Army.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">May 2009 - Is deployed to Afghanistan.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">June 30, 2009 - Is captured in Paktika province, Afghanistan.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">July 19, 2009 - A video of Bergdahl is posted on the Internet.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">December 25, 2009 - Bergdahl's captors release a video of him.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">April 7, 2010 - Another video of Bergdahl is released.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">June 12, 2010 - Bergdahl is promoted to specialist.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">December 7, 2010 - His captors releases a nearly 45-minute video of a thin Westerner identified as Spc. Bowe Bergdahl.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">February 2011 - Another video of Bergdahl is released.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">June 12, 2011 - Bergdahl is promoted to sergeant.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">May 2012 - The U.S. government acknowledges that it has engaged in talks with the Taliban to free Bergdahl.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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."</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">January 2014 - A U.S. military official tells CNN that the military has obtained a new video of Bergdahl.</span></p><p style="page-break-inside: avoid;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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</span></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">-----------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares"</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>=======================================================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet,</span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a></span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></body></html>