article_snippet.sent: Left his post: Army Sgt.
article_snippet.sent: the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs the Joint Chiefs knew that Former Sgt.
article_snippet.sent: Bergdhal deserted his post: Army Sgt in 2009, claim three of the controversial soldier's comrades.
article_snippet.sent: Bergdhal say that Mullen, who served President Obama and then Secretary of Defense Robert Gates six years ago, was certain that Bergdahl had fled Army and was guilty of desertion.
article_snippet.sent: The claims mean that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was in a position to tell President Obama the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs soldier had run away five years before National Security Adviser Susan Rice told the world that Bergdahl served honorably.
article_snippet.sent: I asked President Obama (the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs) if President Obama knew about Bergdahl and that President Obama deserted and President Obama (the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs) told me that President Obama knew of the circumstances surrounding President Obama walking off,' said former Sgt.
article_snippet.sent: Bergdahl says his walked away because of PTSD and is not a deserter.
article_snippet.sent: Vierkrant claims Vierkrant and two other collegagues, Evan Buetow and Cody Full, were providing security for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs while the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was on a trip to Afghanistan in December 2009 - six months after Bergdahl was captured.
article_snippet.sent: So Matt Vierkant asked Matt Vierkant, you know Bergdahl deserted, what's going on with that?
article_snippet.sent: And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said, 'Yes, we know all the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl walking away from the OP (outpost,)and we're still working on getting Matt Vierkant back, figuring out where Matt Vierkant is and kind of figuring out that whole situation.'
article_snippet.sent: Admiral Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, allegedly told three comrades of Bergdahl that the soldier was a deserter .
article_snippet.sent: Bergdahl went missing, the U.S. Military was focused on finding the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs--as the U.S. Military does with any serviceman or woman who goes missing.
article_snippet.sent: The thing is, the U.S. Military never left Vierkant (Bergdahl) behind.
highlights_snippet.sent: Matt Vierkant claims Admiral Mike Mullen knew Bergdhal deserted .
  