Bergdahl Is Now in Texas

Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive, returned to the United States early today to continue his medical treatment. A Pentagon spokesman says Bergdahl flew to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio from Ramstein Air Base. While at the Texas base, Bergdahl "will continue the next phase of his reintegration process," the spokesman says, adding there was no timeline for the process. "Our focus remains on his health and well-being," he says. The Idaho native was expected to be reunited with his family in San Antonio.

Officials have kept a lid on details of his condition out of concern that he not be rushed back into the public spotlight after a lengthy period in captivity and amid a public uproar over the circumstances of his capture and release. Officials also say the Army has not yet formally begun a new review into the circumstances of Bergdahl's capture and whether he walked away without leave or was deserting the Army when he was found and taken by insurgents—questions that will be key to whether Bergdahl will receive more than $300,000 in back pay owed to him since he disappeared. If he was determined to have been a prisoner of war, he also could receive roughly another $300,000 or more. (More Bowe Bergdahl stories.)