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Behind the Bergdahl backlash
Donna Brazile, Jackie Calmes and Ana Navarro on the Bergdahl backlash and the optics of the swap.
McCain: Bergdahl swap too great a risk
Sen. John McCain tells Candy Crowley that the U.S. has an 'obligation' to bring all captured U.S. servicemembers home.
"Coming home": the next steps for Bowe Bergdahl
By CNN's Kylie Mohr
Despite the bold news headlines, "coming home" isn't as easy as it sounds. Now that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has been freed, can't he just get on a plane and be on his way to his family? Not so fast. Bergdahl faces much more than a media firestorm as he prepares to re-enter society. POW reintegration, or "decompression" in Army speak, is a tedious process fraught with potential difficulties, especially for Bergdahl.
Prompted by the vast number of returned POWs after the Vietnam War, the Pentagon developed the following protocol. There are three main phases:
Is negotiating with terrorists inevitable?
Gen. Jim Jones, Intel Chair Rep. Mike Rogers and diplomat Nick Burns on balancing 'leave no man behind' and 'we do not negotiate with terrorists' after the release of five Gitmo detainees in exchange for captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
Negotiating the release of Bowe Bergdahl
National Security Adviser Susan Rice on the administration's negotiations for the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
Why wasn't Congress notified before Gitmo exchange?
National Security Adviser Susan Rice on why Congress wasn't notified on release of Gitmo detainees in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
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