was primed to explode, and other types of deadly traps. fortunately, the bombs failed to explode in those situations, but they were too close for comfort. other soldiers, as we know, were not so fortunate. all of us commonly understood at the time that bergdahl had walked off his post after a guard shift into a local afghan village. we knew, though, we had to do whatever it took to find him. and that was fine. but i have to tell you, all of my men, me included, were absolutely furious and resent of, frankly, that a fellow american soldier had put us into this position. but i'm confident saying sergeant bergdahl endangered the lives of thousands of men and women sent to search for him. he diverted scarce and valuable resources, search as predator drones, helicopters, ied clearing teams from other units that desperately needed those assets. >> also today, the father of fallen soldier, darren andrews, testified he heard from a handful of soldiers who say that