Posted on 10/30/2017 9:12:30 PM PDT by Innovative
Fort Bragg, North Carolina (CNN)Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl teared up at his sentencing on Monday as he apologized to service members who searched for him after he deserted his outpost in Afghanistan in 2009.
"My words can't take away what people have been through," Bergdahl, 31, told an audience at his court martial that spilled into an overflow room. "I am admitting I made a horrible mistake."
Bergdahl pleaded guilty October 16 to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. His lengthy testimony began after the presiding judge rejected his attorneys' request to dismiss the case over President Trump's criticism of him during his campaign for the White House.
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Just a guess but I can see 10 years confinement, reduction in grade to E-1, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and a dishonorable discharge. The Dishonorable Discharge I think is very important since Obama’s people said he served “with honor and distinction.”
I want his head on a pike in DC
Hang the miserable little SOB.
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