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A senior U.S. military commander is endorsing the decision to spare Army Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl prison time for abandoning his post in Afghanistan, endangering military comrades who participated in the lengthy search for him.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on accusations that he endangered fellow service members by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.

RALEIGH, N.C.(AP) -- Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawyer representing Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who left his infantry post and was held by the Taliban for five years, says callous statements Donald Trump is making about his client are threatening the soldier's right to a fair trial.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl), the soldier who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, is asking a military appellate court to disqualify the general with broad discretion in his case.

WASHINGTON (KTVB) - The Army says it has pushed back the date for a preliminary hearing for Bowe Bergdahl, the sergeant who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years.

As discussion and controversy surrounding the disappearance of Bowe Bergdahl continues, a caller to the Buck Sexton Show on The Blaze Radio Network, referred to as "Alex from Michigan" claimed to not only be part of rescue efforts for Bergdahl but said that he was privy to a securi…

BOISE - (KTVB) The parents of American prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl told their newly-released son Sunday that they love him — and told everyone else that he will need time to readjust.

On Saturday, May 31, 2014, Americans learned that Idaho native Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had been released in Afghanistan after being held prisoner for nearly five years. He was exchanged for prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, who will now be sent to Qatar.
"On behalf of the American people I was ho…

HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — The mother of a U.S. prisoner of war says she's feeling "very optimistic" after his Taliban captors offered last week to exchange him for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's mother, Jani Bergdahl, spoke to about 2,000 people gathered Saturday in a cen…

The Taliban is publicly expressing interest in negotiating with Washington.  According to the Washington Post, those talks could involve captured Idaho soldier Bowe Bergdahl and it could lead to a possible prisoner exchange deal.

A national website reports that an Idaho soldier who has been held captive in Afghanistan for the past 2 1/2 years may have tried to escape from his captors.