Melanie Morgan

Bergdahl is now at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, assigned to the company headquarters, where he was interviewed last August by Gen. Dahl. Also present was the soldiers attorney, Eugene Fidell, who specializes in military law and teaches at Yale Law School. He answered every question that was put to him, Mr. Fidell told The Washington Times. I came away extraordinarily impressed by Gen. Dahl. I thought the country is lucky to have him. And sort of wonder what the rest of his career trajectory will look like, because I wish him well. Gen.

The question remains a mystery. What events led up to the disappearance of Bergdahl and his capture by the Taliban in 2009? He was held captive for five years. Military officials will determine whether or not wrong doing occurred, and if those actions warrant punishment. Brian Bouffard, a criminal and military defense councilman, feels as though Bergdahl played an active role in his disappearance. "It seems clear that, at the least, an unauthorized absence or an AWOL occurred," Bouffard said.

Im not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed, and Congress right now has not changed what I consider to be a broken immigration system. [Lies during the Obama years] perpetuate the fairy tale that the IRS acted properly, that government isnt corrupt, that ObamaCare is working just fine. In January, talking to The New Yorker, he referred to ISIS as a J.V. team, then when Chuck Todd called him on it months later, said, I wasnt referring specifically to [ISIS]. Wrong. In March, Obama said on Between Two Ferns, Most young Americans right now, theyre not covered by health insurance. Not true. In February, Obama said, Weve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion. Incorrect. The real number was well under half that. In his State of the Union address Obama said, We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, which was laughable. Apparently what Obama was referring to was a federal goal to double gas mileage by 2025.

Pierre Martinet, a former official with Frances DGSE spy service, said French citizens will continue to be targeted by extremist kidnappers because they know its among the governments that directly negotiate for their liberation. Its part of geopolitics, Martinet told BFM television. I know very well that we have given money; I know people myself who have given money. It happens. We have to stop lying to ourselves. The alternative, he said, is to have hostages killed by their kidnappers like the British and Americans held by Islamic extremists. One American soldier held by Taliban fighters, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, was freed in exchange for the release of five Taliban prisoners from the prison in Guantanamo Bay.

The Qatari government also helped the United States secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity this year. Despite the close ties, the State Department expressed concern. Officials requested in October that Qatars government lift the Huangs travel ban, allowing them to return to the United States. The 22 long months of court proceedings following their daughters tragic death have compounded the tragedy for the Huang family, and it is time now, as the Appeals Court stated, to let the Huangs return home, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement.

The case also suggested racial overtones, when questions were raised by the prosecutor and police about why the Huangs, who are of Asian descent, adopted children from Africa. The Qatari prosecutor sought to paint Grace and Matthew Huang as inhumane, alleging they bought their adopted daughter cheaply from her poverty-stricken parents in Africa and had threatened to seek human trafficking charges. Criticism of Qatari justice The State Department had expressed concern about the legal proceedings and disappointment in the verdict. A report by pathologists hired by the defense, obtained by CNN, stated they found no evidence tissue samples were taken from Gloria's body after her death, despite the fact Qatari investigators submitted an autopsy report. Advocates for the Huangs suggested the lab report was fabricated and said their request with the Qatari judiciary for a formal investigation went unanswered. A United Nations special rapporteur investigating the justice system in Qatar also called attention to the Huangs' case and urged the government to release them and send them home. Fighting family Matthew Huang was employed in Doha by an international company working on construction projects for the 2022 World Cup. After the couple's arrest, their two sons, also adopted from Africa, were temporarily placed in a Qatari orphanage, but have since been sent back to the United States to live with Grace Huang's mother. The entire family chipped in during the prolonged separation.

That so-called employer mandate requires companies with 50 or more employees working at least 30 hours weekly to offer health care coverage or pay fines. Businesses with fewer than 50 workers are exempt. The requirement was initially to take effect this year. Now, companies with 50 to 99 employees have until 2016 to comply while bigger companies have until next year. The suit also accuses Obama of illegally preparing to make an estimated $175 billion in payments over the next decade plus $3 billion paid out this past year to insurance companies, even though Congress hasn't provided money for that purpose. According to the suit, insurance companies offering coverage under the health law are supposed to offer reduced rates to many lower-income policyholders. The law established a fund to reimburse insurers for some of those lower rates. Congress hasn't put any money into that fund but the administration has started making payments to insurance companies anyway, the suit says.

The Qatari prosecutor sought to paint Grace and Matthew Huang as inhumane -- alleging they bought their adopted daughter cheaply from her poverty-stricken parents in Africa -- and had threatened to seek human trafficking charges. The couple spent nearly a year in prison before being freed in November 2013 pending their appeal. In explaining his decision to overturn the conviction, Judge Abdulrahman al-Sharafi cited weaknesses in forensic reports and said the trial judge failed to properly consider testimony from witnesses who said Gloria wasn't deprived. A report by pathologists hired by the defense, obtained by CNN, stated they found no evidence tissue samples were taken from Gloria's body after her death, despite the fact Qatari investigators submitted an autopsy report. Advocates for the Huangs suggested the lab report was fabricated and said their request with the Qatari judiciary for a formal investigation went unanswered. Criticism of Qatari justice The case against the Huangs shined a light on the Qatari justice system and drew complaints from the United States. Qatar is a key ally in the U.S.-led coalition against the terror group ISIS and host to many countries' forces involved in airstrikes. The Qatari government also helped the United States secure the release of Sgt.

This support of Japanese militarization led to increased tensions with China, which is deeply opposed to a resurgent military power in Tokyo. May 31, 2014 The White House performed a prisoner swag with the Taliban in order to win the release of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl. The US traded give Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to win Bergdahl's release. The prisoner swap was immediately criticized as Bergdahl may have purposefully deserted his post prior to his capture, and the White House failed to notify Congress thirty days ahead of the exchange as is required by law. Also in May, the Pentagon dispatched troops to Chad to aid in the search for over 200 girls kidnapped by the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueChuck Hagel and Martin Dempsey July 2014 US special operations forces carry out a daring attempt to free Steven Sotloff and James Foley, two American citizens held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). The raid failed to free the captives, who were both executed by the terrorists later in the summer although its existence was leaked to the media in late August as the fight against ISIS heated up. August 2014 Hagel infuriated the White House by contradicting the claims of President Obama that ISIS was equivalent to a junior varsity basketball squad in comparison to established terrorist networks. In Hagel's eyes ISIS remained an "imminent threat to every interest we have." October 2014 Hundreds of US soldiers began to fly to Liberia to fight the rapidly expanding Ebola epidemic in western Africa. Thousands more were expected to be deployed afterwards.

In a statement released Saturday , DOD said the detention of Muhammed Murdi Issa Al-Zahrani "does not remain necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat to the security of the United States." That conclusion comes from an Oct. 3 review from the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and State; the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. According to military records obtained by the Marine Corps Times, Al-Zahrani is a 45-year-old al-Qaida-linked militant who traveled to Afghanistan for training in 1999. He has been detained at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. Al-Zahrani's lawyers said that he only wanted to return to Saudi Arabia to see his mother before she dies. One of the factors in his release was his agreement to participate in a militant rehabilitation program in his home country. He left Guantanamo Bay Friday, the same day U.S.