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Bergdahl’s Capture Fuels Speculation

Item: Captured Idaho soldier Bowe Bergdahl in national spotlight: Bowe Bergdahl’s plight sparks speculation, but ‘he deserves our support and our belief’/ Kathleen Kreller, Statesman

More Info: An Idaho soldier is at the center of a local and national media frenzy after his capture last month by the Taliban in Afghanistan. But one Idaho Air Force chaplain with experience counseling military families says the debate over how Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl became a hostage is “useless.” “You just have to wait for the truth,” said retired Chaplain Maj. Tom Westall of Mountain Home. “He is still an American soldier and he deserves our support and our belief.”

Question: Is it best to withhold judgment re: the events surrounding the capture and imprisonment of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho?

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