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i m told, on the helicopter when this special operations forces placed bowe bergdahl on the aircraft. it was about 10:30 a.m. eastern time, according to a senior u.s. defense official, bergdahl was a bit disoriented and confused. he took a pen and wrote on a paper plate, writing instead of talking, because it was so loud on board the helicopter. sf, he wrote, meaning special forces. the operator sitting with bergdahl responded loudly over the noise of the rotor blade saying, yes, we have been looking for you for a long time. bergdahl then reportedly broke down crying. according to senior u.s. defense sources, bergdahl was in a weakened state, had lost some weight. but he could walk on his own. he was held by the haqqani faction of the taliban for four years and ten months, believed largely to have been in pakistan, most of that time. he was a sergeant first class. it was in the first months of his first tour to afghanistan that he was taken. the president issued the following statement

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