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Reuters is told he s still in the city. the ap reports the rebels have taken over the local airport in aida aden right on the sea. they launched air strikes targeting the presidential palace and its guards. the rebels claimed they seized yemen s largest airbase about 35 miles to the north of that city. that base was a crucial part of u.s. drone campaigns against al qaeda s yemen affiliate. american officials called the terror organization s most dangerous splinter group the one that s right there. local media report al qaeda fighters and supporters of the missing president have looted the base. yemen has been an enormous part of america s counterterrorism strategy in that region but despite yemen s crumbling government, the white house seems to be giving the impression that everything is okay. it says the united states is still in contact with yemeni ....
short of treason. military investigators are set to speak to the media less than a half hour from now. this comes after nearly a year of investigation into sergeant bergdahl s time in afghanistan and how he ended up as a taliban prisoner of war and his actions while in custody. sergeant bergdahl spent five years with the taliban. many prisoner of war groups and supporters demanded he be released. some even slammed the white house for not doing enough to bring home the u.s. servicemember dubbed america s last prisoner of war. last may the united states swapped five taliban prisoners in exchange for the freeing of sergeant bowe bergdahl. president obama hosted the sergeant s parents at the white house, but controversy8q erupted within hours of his arrival back here in the united states. some of his fellow soldiers made the rounds on tv, accusing him of desertion. they say he abandoned his post before the taliban caught him. some even called him a0 and so they did. now, ac ....