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US values collided in Bowe Bergdahl’s predicament

By Calvin Woodward
Published June 8, 2014 12:50pm ET
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US values collided in Bowe Bergdahl’s predicament
FILE - 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. Two American values, never leave a man behind and never negotiate with terrorists, collided in the Bergdahl calamity with each ethos running deep in the American conscience. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File) | Uncredited

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two American values collided in Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s calamity. One had to give.

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