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Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times
The Army announced Monday that it is referring the case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to a four-star general who will decide whether to charge him criminally for leaving his base in 2009 in Afghanistan.
The Army gave the job of what the military calls a court-martial convening authority to Gen. Mark Milley, commander of Army Forces Command. Gen. Milley has wide latitude. He can order a court-martial, or impose nonjudicial punishment, or take no action.
His decision will be based on an investigative report submitted in October by Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl. Sgt. Bergdahl’s former platoon mates accuse him of desertion on that June 30 when he walked away and became a captive of the Taliban and Haqqani network. …
The fact the Army is assigning a convening authority indicates that Gen. Dahl found some type of misconduct.
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