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# Bowe Bergdahl

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## Bowe Bergdahl


* ![Bergdahl](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53072f6fa6ac1dee/6988e2e486f68eafbc6e6f2b/bergdahl_wong-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 27, 2019  
## [How Bowe Bergdahl May End Up Being the Key to Peace with the Taliban](https://time.com/5559259/how-bowe-bergdahl-may-end-up-being-the-key-to-peace-with-the-taliban/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Michael Ames
* ![Trump Meets With GOP House Leaders And Ways And Means Cmte Members](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47f59cb55079a2a9/6988e47222fb85a25fe23881/president-donald-trump-twitter-account-deleted.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 3, 2017  
## [President Trump Says Bowe Bergdahl's Sentence Is a 'Disgrace.' But It's Partly His Fault](https://time.com/5009387/donald-trump-bowe-bergdahl-sentence-discharge-disgrace/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers
* ![bowe bergdahl hearing january 12](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5ea8f3ffa15cc38/698878062dce0124b69e73b6/bowe-bergdahl-hearing-january-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 7, 2016  
## [Bowe Bergdahl Hearing Will Take Place Next Week](https://time.com/4171470/bowe-bergdahl-hearing-jan-12/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Julia Zorthian
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 10, 2015  
## [_Serial_ Has Returned and the Internet Cannot Handle It](https://time.com/4144297/serial-podcast-season-two/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![In this undated image provided by the U.S. Army, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl poses in front of an American flag.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77207c693646c0c0/69885c4d428a9ea3e5cce529/bowe-bergdahl.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2015  
## [Bowe Bergdahl Caught Up in California Pot Raid](https://time.com/3971054/bowe-bergdahl-pot-raid/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Sarah Begley  
* ![Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5510028cf62e1ca1/6987854d35ba6fa3aac07bdf/bowe-bergdahl1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 25, 2015  
## [Army Charges Bergdahl](https://time.com/3758957/army-to-try-sgt-bowe-bergdahl-for-desertion-and-misbehavior/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Mark Thompson
* ![The June 16, 2014, cover of TIME](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba0214452e61730b/69878541e53aba78354d841a/bergdahl-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 25, 2015  
## [The Desertion Charge for Bowe Bergdahl Was Months in the Making](https://time.com/3758604/bergdahl-sentence-2014-cover-story/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Lily Rothman
* ![Kayla Mueller](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fa588850fca8d33/698780aaf887dc6961e8a453/kayla-mueller2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 23, 2015  
## [Kayla Mueller's Family Says Bergdahl Deal Hurt Her Chance for Freedom](https://time.com/3719687/kayla-mueller-isis-bowe-bergdahl/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nolan Feeney
* ![Guantanamo Future](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb787fd85c98fe0c/69877cbc35ba6fb8b9c06d0a/ap909297398910.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 30, 2015  
## [Guantanamo Detainee Exchanged for American POW Attempts a Return to Battle](https://time.com/3689193/ex-gitmo-detainee-trying-to-return-to-battle/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Bergdahl Being Treated At U.S. Military Hospital In Germany](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7486f692818b1175/69869e6655a8593041a820e0/495330957.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2014  
## [Bowe Bergdahl Questioning on Disappearance Set to Begin](https://time.com/3082056/bowe-bergdahl-questioning-army-afghanistan/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Dan Kedmey  
* ![Bergdahl Being Treated At U.S. Military Hospital In Germany](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta741a7499215ad3d/69869c0913c79f87d31931d4/495330957.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 16, 2014  
## [Bergdahl 'Grateful' to Obama, Lawyer Says](https://time.com/2995054/bergdahl-lawyer-obama/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Mark Thompson
* ![U.S. Army, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17877d9df844a949/6986962836176067bf90c737/495330957.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 14, 2014  
## [Freed Soldier Bowe Bergdahl Reports for Duty](https://time.com/2981345/bowe-bergdahl-active-duty-afghanistan-taliban/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 10, 2014  
## [Conversation](https://time.com/2972854/conversation-4/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Bowe Bergdahl](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cc7116441adc23a/69869733cd804d5d3cccb6e6/bergdahl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 3, 2014  
## [Sgt. Bergdahl Trying to Return to Normal Life](https://time.com/2952388/sgt-bowe-bergdahl-base-reintegration/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Noah Rayman
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 26, 2014  
## [Conversation](https://time.com/2926988/conversation-3/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff

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