NEW : Bergdahl 's release is ` ` the highest priority that I have , '' home - state reporter says . Bowe ' is the lone U.S. soldier held in Afghanistan . The U.S. government has launched a new effort to bring him home . ` The United States believes one route to getting Bergdahl back may be through Qatari officials , who have been talking to the Taliban . ` The clock is ticking '' on how to bring him home , CNN reporter says .
NEW : Bergdahl 's release is ` ` the highest priority that I have , '' home - state reporter says . Bowe ' is the lone U.S. soldier held in Afghanistan . The U.S. government has launched a new effort to bring him home . ` ` The clock is ticking '' on how to bring him home , CNN reporter says .