Accused Army Deserter Bergdahl to Appear Before Military Court

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who has been charged with desertion, goes Thursday before an army court hearing at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. He was a captive of the Taliban in Afghanistan for five years before his exchange last year for five detainees held at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At the hearing in San Antonio, Army prosecutors will begin laying out their case against Bergdahl, focusing at first on the desertion charge. The panel that will hear the arguments...

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