Pentagon Denies Charging Sgt. Bergdahl With Desertion

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According to US Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, no decision has been made by Army leadership with respect to Sgt. Bergdahl's case.

MOSCOW, January 27 (Sputnik) — The Pentagon has dispersed the reports regarding charges against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who was released by Taliban militants last year in exchange for five Guantanamo prisoners, with desertion, US Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby wrote on his Twitter.

According to John Kirby, no decision has been made over the the case of Sgt Bergdahl.

Sgt Bergdahl, 28, was held for five years and was released on May 31 2014 after being swapped for five prisoners in a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Fellow soldiers say he knowingly wandered away from his unit while deployed in Afghanistan in June 2009.

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