Freed war prisoner Bergdahl back in US
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ARMY Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war before being released on May 31, has arrived at a United States Army medical center in Texas where he will receive further treatment, the Pentagon said yesterday.
Rear Admiral John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, said Bergdahl left Ramstein Air Base in Germany aboard a military plane on Thursday afternoon and arrived early yesterday in San Antonio, where he will be cared for at the Brooke Army Medical Center.
“While there, he will continue the next phase of his reintegration process. There is no timeline for this process. Our focus remains on his health and well-being,” Kirby said.
Bergdahl was handed over to US forces in Afghanistan on May 31 in exchange for five Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo prison in Cuba. Bergdahl’s initial release sparked a wave of support that was quickly overshadowed by political uproar over the freeing of the senior Taliban members.
Lawmakers criticized the Obama administration for failing to give them 30 days’ notice before transferring prisoners from Guantanamo as required by law. Some charged that in doing the exchange, the administration had effectively violated its policy against negotiating with terrorists.
Some of Bergdahl’s former comrades in Afghanistan also voiced anger, alleging that he had deserted when he walked away from his outpost in circumstances that are unclear and was later captured.
The hospital facility, called the San Antonio Military Medical Center, has teams of specialists and has been helping returning prisoners of war for decades.
Bergdahl’s parents, Bob and Jani Bergdahl, were expected to travel to Texas from their Idaho home.
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