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FILE - This file image provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010, shows a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban containing footage of a man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl, left. Saturday, May 31, 2014, U.S. officials say Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say his 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/IntelCenter, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: INTELCENTER; NO SALES; EDS NOTE: &quot;INTELCENTER&quot; AT LEFT TOP CORNER ADDED BY SOURCE

US soldier freed from captivity in Afghanistan

By JULIE PACE and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Guards escort a Guantanamo detainee carrying a book at the Camp 4 detention facility's open-air common area at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ** FILE **

Terror suspects freed by Obama admin. for soldier were labeled ‘high risk’ in 2008: report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The case of Bergdahl, held by the Taliban since 2009, has arisen again as the U.S. and other countries engage in diplomatic efforts to end his capture. But if he is released, will America’s only prisoner of the Afghan war be viewed as a hero or a deserter? (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Obama defends deal with Taliban to free only American POW in Afghanistan

By Kellan Howell and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the withdrawal of American force around the world by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

LAMBRO: Obama and a U.S. world leadership deficit

By Donald Lambro

** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., questions Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing focusing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. The committee's ranking member Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John McCain says Obama is telling Taliban: ‘Hang on, we’re leaving’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, to speak about the future of US troops in Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The president will seek to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by the end of 2016.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A snapshot of US troop commitment in Afghanistan

By LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

The next steps: President Obama wants to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after military operations formally end this year, part of his plan of "finishing the job we started." Meanwhile, he will send military advisers to Syria. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Obama to push Syria escalation; most U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan by end of 2016

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, to speak about the future of US troops in Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. The president will seek to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by the end of 2016.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A snapshot of US troop commitment in Afghanistan

By LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, right, is greeted by US Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham, center, and Marine General Joseph Dunford, commander of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), as he steps off Air Force One after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, on Sunday, May 25, 2014, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

A snapshot of U.S. troop commitment in Afghanistan

By LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

Bergdahl

MEMORIAL DAY: Pentagon not revealing efforts to free POW

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan fire fighters arrive to the scene after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed many policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban kill 21 at start of Afghan spring fighting

By Rahim Faiez - The Washington Times

A Pakistani police commando stands guard near the scene where NATO trucks were attacked in the Pakistani tribal area of Jamrud near Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, May, 5, 2014. A local Pakistani government official says militants have attacked a NATO supply convoy en route to Afghanistan, killing two drivers. (AP Photo/ Mohammad Sajjad)

Attacks kill 10 Pakistani troops; missile tested

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

New England editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican, has said the Army is trying to protect its own system, on which it has spent a decade developing at a long-term cost of $28 billion. (associated press)

Problems with Army’s battlefield intel system unresolved after two years

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopters deploy soldiers during a military exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. The Afghan National Security Forces depend exclusively on billions of dollars in funding from the United States and its allies, money that is now at risk after President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security agreement to keep a small U.S. force of trainers in the country after the NATO-led coalition ends its mission and withdraws at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

US gen: Corruption is top threat in Afghanistan

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Foreign security guards stand near the main gate of Cure International Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan says three American doctors have been killed at by an Afghan security guard who opened fire at a hospital in Kabul. The shooting at Cure International Hospital in western Kabul was the latest attack on foreign civilians in the Afghan capital this year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

5 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The nearly five-year effort to free the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan is scattered among numerous federal agencies with a loosely organized group of people working on it mostly part time, according to two members of Congress and military officials involved in the effort. An ever-shrinking U.S. military presence in Afghanistan has re-focused attention on efforts to bring home Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

AP sources: Work to free US soldier disorganized

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

This undated file photo shows al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. (AP Photo, File)

‘Library of Osama bin Laden, the Martyr’: Pakistan names seminary for girls after dead terrorist

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

UK lawmakers slam lax security in Taliban attack

Associated Press

Afghan Election Soldiers Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CHELLANEY: Lingering too long in Afghanistan

By Brahma Chellaney