Released soldier's parents appear with Obama

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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."

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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)