{"id":9790,"date":"2016-01-04T21:21:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T21:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/01\/04\/discussing-serial-bergdahls-first-year-as-prisoner\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:30:09","slug":"discussing-serial-bergdahls-first-year-as-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/video\/2016\/01\/04\/discussing-serial-bergdahls-first-year-as-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussing Serial: Bergdahl\u2019s first year as prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/embed\/player?filmId=00000155-e5c5-d412-a15d-e7e7b59a0000&amp;autoplay=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This segment continues our series discussing Sgt. 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