Released soldier's parents appear with Obama

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

WASHINGTON (AP) — The father of the lone U.S. soldier held in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, says the nature of his son's recovery will never really be comprehended.

Bob Bergdahl stood with his wife, Joni, and President Barack Obama in the White House Rose Garden on Saturday and thanked everyone in the U.S. and around the world involved in his son's release after five years' captivity.

Said Bergdahl, quote, "We just can't communicate the words this morning when we heard from the president."

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140531/us-captured-soldier-parents-6a2eb9bc39.html

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President Barack Obama holds hands with Jani Bergdahl, as her husband Bob Bergdahl, follows from the Oval Office to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Saturday, May 31, 2014, to talk about the announcement that their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, has been released from captivity. Bergdahl, 28, had been held prisoner by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. He was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees held by the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

[Cha]

1. Another pic leaving Rose Garden.. thanks OS

Vid and more pics at link..
TOD

[madokie]

3. Thank you President Obama

once again you done good, real good, excellent in fact.
piss on the republiCONs who will try to score points on this, blow it out of your asses

[Cha]

4. I say bring on gop whiners.. whining about a soldier coming home after

5 years in captivity will so boost their stature with the US military.

[CTyankee]

23. I've heard those whiners referred to as the "101st Chairborne Division."

Funny folk...

[JNelson6563]

28. Yep, my new favorite expression!

Saw it recently on the tubes, laughed and fell in love at the same time.

Julie

[CTyankee]

20. they keep shooting themselves in the foot with minorities, women, seniors and now...

soldiers and their families! Wonder if those two GOP jackasses are veterans...

[madokie]

21. I don't think inhofe is

Edit to correct info
yup he was in the army in '56- '58. Made it all the way up to a spec 4 even.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe

[CTyankee]

22. wasn't Korea over by then and of course it is before Vietnam...big hero...

[madokie]

25. Piece of shit

with a big assed little mans syndrome.

[asjr]

10. Thank you Cha for that lovely picture.

Let those foolish damned Republicans try to make something out of it. They are probably already working on their script for next week. It should be very difficult for them to pan this.

[Cha]

11. You would think asjr.. we'll see if the US corportatemediawhores assist them.

And, you're welcome!

[George II]

14. Other than the senile John McCain, they've been eerily quiet, but tomorrow are the Sun morning shows

No doubt Lindsey Graham will be sniveling something negative about this.

[Vinca]

17. Lindsey will definitely have "the vapors" over negotiating with terrorists.

Their schtick is getting so old.

[George II]

18. Maybe we can bring up the Reagan/Iran negotiations even BEFORE he was elected?

[mountain grammy]

2. Thanks Obama!

[freshwest]

5. VIDEO is up! Watch Obama and the Bergdahls.

Last edited Sat May 31, 2014, 10:20 PM - Edit history (1)

[OKNancy]

6. good video here

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bowe-bergdahl-released/obama-says-captured-soldier-bowe-bergdahl-was-never-forgotten-n119391

[freshwest]

15. Good link! The video has been replaced by the White House channel. Enjoy.

[CottonBear]

7. Thank you President Obama!

I cannot begin to imagine Jani and Bob's emotions upon learning that their son is now free and headed home to them.

(I am the mother of a young son.)

Our President is truly an exceptional person.

[struggle4progress]

8. The Gitmo detainees swapped for Bergdahl: Who are they?

By CNN Staff
updated 7:55 PM EDT, Sat May 31, 2014

... A plane carrying the detainees left the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo, Cuba, after the announcement that Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2009, had been exchanged for the five men.

Saturday's transfer was brokered through the Qatari government, a senior Defense official said. According to senior administration officials, Qatar agreed to take custody of the detainees and provide assurances they would not pose a threat to the United States, including a one-year ban from travel out of Qatar.

Two senior administration officials confirmed the names of the five released detainees as Khair Ulla Said Wali Khairkhwa, Mullah Mohammad Fazl, Mullah Norullah Nori, Abdul Haq Wasiq and Mohammad Nabi Omari.

They were mostly mid- to high-level officials in the Taliban regime and had been detained early in the war in Afghanistan, because of their positions within the Taliban, not because of ties to al Qaeda ...

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/31/us/bergdahl-transferred-guantanamo-detainees/

[treestar]

26. Interesting info

Three of them have been imprisoned since 2001-2, I assume.

[951-Riverside]

9. Can we not do the disgusting photo ops until after the poor guy comes back?

I'd say the same thing if President Cokejaw W. Bush did that.

The guy isn't even back yet after spending 5 years in a Taliban hole and there is already a media frenzy brewing. I think a statement is good enough for now. He's going to be on a long road to recovery and he needs plenty of space.

I'm going to throw up if I see NBC, CNN, TMZ or the rest of them hounding the poor man for an interview.

[840high]

13. ....

[Justice]

16. These are not photo ops - this is pure joy. Better that his parents do it now and give him time

[treestar]

27. It was a long process, they said

the parents have likely been involved in it.

[jwirr]

12. Diplomacy. Thank you President Obama.

[Blue_In_AK]

19. I'm very glad he's been released.

He was based at Ft. Richardson, so we here in Alaska always thought of him as " one of ours."

[hamsterjill]

24. The parents really are amazing!

I wish the family the very best from this point forward.