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Leader: Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son control 10,000 fighters, training bases and religious schools for children in Pakistan. Haqqani militants who cross into Afghanistan are responsible for many of the brutal killings of Americans. (Associated Press)

Haqqani Network, Pakistan terror group, grows into worst enemy for U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, released a video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant achievement for the insurgents. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Lawmakers say fear for Bergdahl’s life is no excuse for Obama’s secrecy

By Ben Wolfgang and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

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, right, stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, released a video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant achievement for the insurgents. Bergdahl was freed on Saturday after five years in captivity, and exchanged for the five Guantanamo detainees who were flown to Qatar, a tiny Gulf Arab country which has served as a mediator in the negotiations for the swap. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

Taliban commander: Bergdahl swap ‘has encouraged our people’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Susan Rice

DeLAY: A new level of outrage in Bowe Bergdahl debacle

By Tom DeLay

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listens at right as the committee's Vice Chairman Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2014, following a closed-door committee briefing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clinton promised to consult Hill on Gitmo swaps

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video obtained from the Voice of Jihad Web site, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Taliban calls Bergdahl prisoner exchange ‘great victory’; video of swap goes viral

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

Congress twice rejected release of Taliban from Gitmo in trade for Bergdahl

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama's disregard for law by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: When the president disregards the law

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will testify about the Bergdahl prisoner exchange before the House Armed Services committee next week. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Hagel to testify before House panel on Bergdahl prisoner exchange

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Men in civilian clothing lead Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, in white, towards a helicopter in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 released a video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant achievement for the insurgents. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

Taliban video shows handover of U.S. soldier

By Rahim Faiez - 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. The announcement that the U.S. government had secured Bergdahl's release and that it was freeing five senior Taliban figures from Guantanamo Bay has been portrayed first and foremost as a prisoner exchange. But the four-year history of secret dialogue that led to Saturday's release suggests that the main goal of each side may have been far more sweeping. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

HARPER: For a welcome change, media does its job on Bergdahl deal

By Christopher Harper

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. The Taliban on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 released a video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant achievement for the insurgents. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

Public split on prisoner/POW exchange with Taliban: Poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Poland's first free elections led by the Solidarity movement at the Royal Square in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama admits: ‘Absolutely,’ freed Taliban militants could hurt Americans

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Bergdahl

Obama uses gray area for Bowe Bergdahl decision

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sondra Van Ert, co-owner of Baldy Sports in Hailey, Idaho, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's hometown, ties balloons to a bike trailer in front of her store to celebrate the news of his release. (Associated Press photographs)

In Idaho hometown, Bowe Bergdahl’s legacy in limbo

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A Taliban propaganda video released in 2009 shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl weeks after his capture.

POW Bergdahl’s haggard look could have been terrorist ploy to free Taliban

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Bergdahl "rescue" by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ALLARD: Stubborn questions about the Bergdahl ‘rescue’

By Ken Allard

**FILE** Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat (Associated Press)

Sen. Nelson: ‘Real question’ of prisoner swap if Bergdahl deserted

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times