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" Finally, a decision was made in the beginning of this week that 2,232 American dead, 20,000 civilian dead, and $10 million an hour for 13 years was enough blood and treasure to spend on the war in Afghanistan. President Obama made that decision, and their remained many loose ends when he announced it. One of them, amazingly and thankfully, was resolved just days later:  The lone American prisoner of war from the Afghan conflict, captured by insurgents nearly five years ago, has been released to American forces in exchange for five Taliban prisoners held at the Guant\u00E1namo Bay, Cuba, detention facility, Obama administration officials said Saturday. The soldier, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, was handed over to American Special Operations forces inside Afghanistan about 10:30 a.m. Saturday by a group of 19 Taliban, officials said. American officials said that Sergeant Bergdahl was in good condition and able to walk.  The breakthrough gave Obama an opportunity to remind America about one thing that unites us, Democrat or Republican, supporter of the post-9/11 wars or not: &amp;quot;Sergeant Bergdahl&amp;#039;s recovery is a reminder of America&amp;#039;s unwavering commitment to leave no man or woman in uniform behind on the battlefield.&amp;quot; Now it is up to all of us to make sure his welcome lasts more than the breathless news stories about his release. He, like all veterans, deserves better medical care than too many of them are receiving right now from the VA. He, like all veterans, needs more help in rejoining society after this long war. But the important part, of course, is that he&amp;#039;s coming home, finally. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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