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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Some of the Republican Party's most ambitious leaders are courting religious conservatives as evangelical Christians claim new momentum in their fight for the GOP's soul. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Ted Cruz files bill prohibiting Gitmo transfers until Obama explains Bergdahl swap

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is the only U.S. troop to have been taken hostage by the Taliban in the long, hard-fought Afghanistan War. (U.S. Army Via Associated Press)

U.S. troops set stunning record in evading capture by Taliban

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Taliban fire mortar shell on Afghan home, killing child

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said the US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, set up joint operation centers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP-led House backs limits on Obama’s authority

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘I Am Malala’

By Michael Taube - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers investigate the scene of an suicide attack in the Torkham, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on June 19. Afghan officials say three Taliban suicide bombers targeted NATO fuel trucks at the border with Pakistan, setting off a gunbattle with police guards. (Associated Press)

Taliban destroy dozens of NATO supply trucks in Afghanistan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2006 file photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a U.S. soldier keeps watch from a guard tower overlooking Camp Delta detention center on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack say the FBI has questioned more people who work as support staff on their legal teams than previously disclosed, a development that may prompt a new detour in an already snarled case when the war crimes tribunal reconvenes Monday at the U.S. base in Cuba. A judge will consider a delay in the proceedings in a hearing on Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Al Qaeda suspect arraigned at Guantanamo Bay; Iraqi faces life in prison

By Ben Fox - Associated Press

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Fellow soldiers testify Bowe Bergdahl endangered lives

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 28, 2014, file photo, Gen. Joseph Dunford, points during a news conference at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said the U.S. has increased its surveillance over the Afghan-Pakistani border, as Pakistan pounds a militant stronghold with airstrikes. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

General: U.S. hikes surveillance on Pakistan border

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Independent Election Commission (IEC) employees count ballots at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Despite a Taliban threat to stay away, Afghans lined up Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff between two candidates who both promise to improve ties with the West and combat corruption as they confront a powerful Taliban insurgency and preside over the withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghans brave Taliban threats to choose new leader: ‘I want the next president to bring security’

Associated Press

In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A U.S. defense official says released captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is scheduled to arrive at a military medical center in Texas on Friday. The official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the plan has not been publicly announced, declined to provide details. Officials had previously said the intention was for Bergdahl to be reunited with his family at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl back in the U.S., continuing to recuperate in Texas

By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. U.S. officials say the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's (boh BURG'-dahl) release was part of a negotiation that includes the release of five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Bowe Bergdahl returns to U.S. Friday

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

"Clearly, they do pose a threat because they're going to be part of the leadership team again," said retired Army Gen. John Keane, who served as an adviser to past commanders in Afghanistan. "The fact of the matter is they're likely to be back in Pakistan with that leadership to influence future operations while the United States military is still there at least for a remaining year." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Taliban 5 in Bergdahl trade have plenty of time to rejoin fight in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on Hillary Clinton's wrong position on terrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BRUCE: Iraq, the Taliban 5 and Hillary Clinton

By Tammy Bruce

American Sacrifice Afghan Elections Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

HUNTER: Afghanistan goes to the polls

By Duncan L. Hunter

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. U.S. officials say the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's (boh BURG'-dahl) release was part of a negotiation that includes the release of five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Americans wonder: should we negotiate with terrorists for safe release of U.S. prisoners?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, before the House Armed Services Committee. Hagel faced angry lawmakers becoming the first Obama administration official to testify publicly about the controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top officials sought Justice Dept.’s OK for Bergdahl-Taliban swap

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, May 31, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Bob Bergdahl as Jani Bergdahl stands at left, during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington about the release of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The soldier went missing from his outpost in Afghanistan in June 2009 and was released from Taliban captivity on May 31, 2014 in exchange for five enemy combatants held in the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

HANSON: Bergdahl and the U.S. departure from Afghanistan

By Victor Davis Hanson

In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl was freed by the Taliban on May 31, 2014, in exchange for five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

Bergdahl discharged from Coast Guard before joining Army: memo

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times