Can Bowe Bergdahl Be Tied to 6 Lost Lives?  Facts Are Murky  —  WASHINGTON — Did the search for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl cost the lives of American soldiers?  —  Since last weekend's prisoner exchange in which Afghan insurgents turned over Sergeant Bergdahl after five years of captivity …

Prisoner swap blows up on White House  —  The Obama administration has apologized for bypassing Congress before it released senior Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay as part of a controversial prisoner exchange.  —  The expression of regret was a major shift for the White House …

Hillary Clinton Was Skeptical of Taliban-Bergdahl Swap  —  In 2011 and 2012, Hillary Clinton's State Department negotiated directly with the Taliban over a swap for Bowe Bergdahl, but Clinton was not a fan of the idea.  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was personally and intensely involved …

The Bowe Bergdahl Story Is Right-Wing Crack  —  Never mind that Bush would have done the same as Obama.  Republicans are hitting the pipe big time on the ‘deserter’—and their creepy bottom line is that he should have been left to die.  —  I was amazed but not surprised by my Twitter feed Monday.

Surrender without honor  —  Obama swap with Taliban endangers the country  —  President Obama betrayed the highest obligation of his office — safeguarding national security — in trading five hard-core Taliban for the American serviceman who appears to have deserted in Afghanistan.

Secret Videos Prompted Bowe Bergdahl Taliban Prisoner Swap  —  Rapid Deterioration of Soldier's Health Persuaded Leaders to Back Exchange  —  Two secret videos showing rapid deterioration in Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's health persuaded reluctant military and intelligence leaders to back the prisoner swap …

What if Team Obama had just told the truth about Bowe Bergdahl?  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL SUSAN RICE BOWE BERGDAHL  —  Bill Clinton's critics in Arkansas used to say that he would rather climb a tree and tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.

Senate Democrats Go AWOL  —  On Sunday, Senator Claire McCaskill gave a full-throated defense of the president's decision to release five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo prison in exchange for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.  “We saved this man's life.  The commander-in-chief acted within …

Taliban release video showing handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl  —  This image take from a video emailed to media outlets purports to show Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as he walks toward a Black Hawk helicopter to be handed over to U.S. Forces in eastern Afghanistan May 31, 2014.  (Reuters/Al Amara)

Thad Cochran, the Last of the Naive Republicans  —  MERIDIAN, Miss.—My question was simple, but it wasn't clear Senator Thad Cochran had any idea what I was talking about.  Why, I wanted to know, did he think Mississippi needed him in the U.S. Senate?  —  “I think my service in the House …