The army is not considering the latest video of a captured American soldier as "proof of life" because there are no clues as to when it was made. But the family of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl sees the video as welcome news according to this piece in the New York Times by Alissa Rubin: Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, 23, of Idaho, was captured in late June in Paktika Province, a rural, mountainous region along the Pakistani border where the Taliban have a large presence. The circumstances of his capture remain unclear. Initially, military officials said he had walked off his outpost in eastern Afghanistan. But in the first video, which the Taliban sent out in July, Private Bergdahl said he had been captured after he lagged behind during a patrol.Private Bergdahl's family issued a statement urging his captors to release him, The Associated Press reported Friday. In the statement, which The A.P. said was disseminated by Lt. Col. Tim Marsano of the Idaho National Guard, the family tells the missing...(Read Full Post)