Bowe Bergdahl’s Vanishing Before Capture Angered His Unit
WASHINGTON — Sometime after midnight on June 30, 2009, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl left behind a note in his tent saying he had become disillusioned with the Army, did not support the American mission in Afghanistan and was leaving to start a new life. He slipped off the remote military outpost in Paktika Province on the border with Pakistan and took with him a soft backpack, water, knives, a notebook and writing materials, but left behind his body armor and weapons — startling, given the hostile environment around his outpost.
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...President Barack Obama today defended the decision to undertake a prisoner exchange to secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Afghanistan. "We don't leave men and women in uniform behind," Obama said in Warsaw, Poland.
He said his administration had previously consulted with Congress on the possibility of a prisoner exchange for Bergdahl but then had to move quickly because of concerns over Bergdahl's health and to not miss a window of opportunity.
Obama said questions about the circumstances of Bergdahl's capture in Afghanistan were immaterial. "Whatever the circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if he is held in captivity. Period. Full stop. We don't condition that."
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