attack on 9/11/2011. george tenant didn t know how, where or when. his effort from there on in was to make sure it didn t happen again. those were the methods used by two army psychologist. we re talking about innocent people. that s collateral damage. that s bad. they can t answer questi dead. abbiewn zubadeyeh was water boarded and some had sleep deprivation and some worse. what is worse? having them play soccer in cuba right now or having you blown up? people would rather be water boarded than killed. we re going to judge how we re treating our enemies. tell me what s more humane? 341 strikes in pakistan and in yemen 101 strikes. what is 39 compared to 400? that s why the president
men for their service. they had a hearing to find out why this swap would actually work with five taliban higher ups, four-star generals in that ridiculous government for one bowe bergdahl. they wanted to find out what was behind that. tom cotton, who is a veteran, who wants to be the next veteran from arkansas, is referring to these anonymous sources from the white house start saying don t listen to the specialists and sargts commenting on and sergeants commenting on bowe bergdahl because the whole platoon was a messant shouldn t be commenting on bowe bergdahl s service and the fact that he deserted. what you saw is a specialist who had to interrupt the democratic congressman who kept going to an army psychologist to get bowe bergdahl s perspective on the matter and why he would leave the place instead of asking him who was next to him and could tell him exactly what he was thinking before he left the base. let s go to the person who can identify and
affiliation with other u.s. service members in captivity. that was major general joseph disalvo with an army psychologist talking about sergeant bowe bergdahl. joining me now is member of the house armed services committee, loretta sanchez and white house correspondent at the huffington post, sam stein. congresswoman, let me start with you. you sit on the house armed services committee. just days ago, secretary of defense chuck hagel said he thought bowe bergdahl according to his doctors was not ready to leave germany. he, of course, in the last 48 hours, has arrived in the united states. we just heard the admitting physicians and psychologists say he exhibited good deportment and they are pleased with his physical state. from your perspective, was there some mixed communication coming from the white house or coming from this administration on bowe bergdahl s health? oh, i don t believe so. you know, one never knows with a patient how quickly they are going to be recovering, especi
landstuhl, and also taking a keener interest in the program that his doctors havehood for him to prepare him for his reintegration into society showing that he is more alert, and each day as this process goes on, a team of physicians and psychologists get together, and amongst themselves will discuss when he is ready to go back to the united states, but so far, right now, the doctors have decided that he isn t ready to go back just yet, and this period of psychological, what they re calling decompression must continue. now, when you ask the army psychologist what does this period of decompression mean they say, well, compare this, when you come home after a bad day in the office, want a little time out before you go back into your family, and tell them about your day. well, of course, bowe bergdahl has had a gut full of bad days in the office. so that is why this process of decompression, both
country is keeping the families and the community of ft. hood in our thoughts and in our prayers. as the president mentioned, ft. hood has been the site of tragedy before. five years ago, major nidal hasan, who was an army psychologist, opened fire there, killing 13 people, injuring dozens of others. russell honere once was a commander at ft. hood and told wolf blitzer shootings like this make it difficult for soldiers to feel safe in the one place where they re supposed to be protected. army post by tradition, that s our sanctuary. that s a place we come back to to be with our families, to train for the next mission or deployment, to go on that deployment, come back to our families that we leave, to those who remain behind as well as the surrounding communities to take care of them. and when violence like this happens and breaks that trust between the soldier and his family and his community.