State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said of Bergdahl’s disappearance, "the facts of how he got into Taliban custody have no bearing on whether or not we bring him home, period."
When Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson said that "most would argue" trading an alleged deserter for the five detainees was not a good deal, Harf replied "I don't -- I don't think most would argue that."
Tomlinson prodded Harf about a 2010 Pentagon investigation that concluded Sergeant Bergdahl had walked off his base, but Harf said "I think you're misrepresenting that. First of all, I'd -- DOD can probably speak more clearly to that, but again, in 2010 we didn't have all the facts. Many more facts have emerged since then, including now the person that's the center of it."