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To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (10802)	6/6/2014 10:40:00 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

NY TIMES-- Bergdahl Is Said to Have History of Leaving Post By CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITT A classified report on the Army's investigation into Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's disappearance in June 2009 says he had left assigned areas before and then returned, according to people briefed on it.

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (10802)	6/6/2014 7:34:30 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16547

Michelle Obama Wants Students to Monitor Family Members for Racial Insensitivity ............................................................................................. Top Right News ^ \| May 19, 2014 \| by Jason DeWitt First lady Michelle Obama wants students to police their families for any “racially insensitive comments” they might make, and to challenge those comments whenever they’re made, asking them to “drag” their presumably racist relatives into the “fight against racism.” Huh? You heard right. The lady whose husband has taken every opportunity to fan the flames of racism, from the Cambridge police, to Arizona’s immigration law, to the Trayvon Martin case, and on and on, wants everyone else to stop being so racist. (Excerpt) Read more at toprightnews.com ...

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (10802)	6/7/2014 6:57:05 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Somewhere, Neville Chamberlain is laughing his head off. ........................................................................ With Bergdahl handover, proof that successful deals can be made with Taliban (They're serious!) The Washington Post ^ \| June 6, 2014 \| Anne Gearan The exchange of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior members of the Afghan Taliban marks the anticlimactic end of what the Obama administration once hoped would be a bold diplomatic stroke to help broker peace in Afghanistan. Bergdahl’s return is not, as originally envisioned, a step toward a larger U.S. bargain with the Taliban and the Afghan government. Instead, Bergdahl’s release represented the last major piece of unfinished Taliban business for the United States, as it winds down 13 years of combat and prepares for the departure of all U.S. fighting forces from Afghanistan by the end of this year. But the successful handover does prove that deals can be made and that the United States has a channel for negotiation that the next Afghan president might be able to use, said current and former U.S officials and people familiar with a classified briefing to Congress on the Bergdahl swap. The hope is that either of the two candidates vying to succeed Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan’s leader could build on the established contacts to seek political reconciliation with the Taliban.... (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...