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  • U.S. confirms identity of captured soldier

    07/19/2009 9:52:36 AM PDT · by Smogger · 74 replies · 5,268+ views
    MSNBC.COM ^ | 7/19/2009 | AP
    WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Sunday confirmed that an American soldier who went missing from his base in Afghanistan has been captured and identified him as a private from Idaho serving with an Alaska-based infantry regiment. The Defense Department released the name of Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, one day after he was seen in a video posted online as saying he was "scared I won't be able to go home." Even before his name became public, two U.S. defense officials confirmed to The Associated Press that the man in that 28-minute video was the captured soldier....