The parents of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl want the world to know they're beyond grateful their son has been released from Afghanistan after five years in captivity, but the battle is far from over. "The recovery and reintegration of Bowe Bergdahl is a work in progress," Bob Bergdahl told reporters Sunday in Boise, Idaho, just one day after his son was set free. "It isn't over for us. In many ways. It's just beginning for Jani, and I, and our family. There's a long process here," he said, referring to his wife, Bowe's mother. Both parents addressed their son, telling him how proud they are of him. They have not yet spoken to him directly.
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"You've made it ... You are free," Bowe Bergdahl's mother tells her son
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Bergdahl arrives at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany
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