Parents of former POW Bergdahl strained by his silence: friend

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Parents of former POW Bergdahl strained by his silence: friend

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/parents-former-pow-bergdahl-strained-silence-friend-234400803.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y6nesaWZsbHXiBf35qce8g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-18T234400Z_1_LYNXMPEA6H11L_RTROPTP_2_USA-AFGHANISTAN-BERGDAHL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Berghdal is pictured in handout photo provided by U.S. Army" align="left" title="U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Berghdal is pictured in handout photo provided by U.S. Army" border="0" /></a>By Laura Zuckerman SALMON Idaho (Reuters) - Freed war prisoner Bowe Bergdahl has not yet reached out to his parents who campaigned hard for his freedom and who hold out hope he will eventually contact them once fully recovered from trauma inflicted by his Taliban captors, a family friend said on Friday. Stefanie O'Neill, who is in regular contact with Bergdahl's mother, said the U.S. soldier's parents were strained both by their son's silence since his May 31 release and because of death threats being investigated by the FBI. “Bob and Jani are under more strain than ever, but they are trying to be patient,” O'Neill said of the couple, who continuously pressed their son's case with the Obama administration. O'Neill, whose friendship with Bergdahl's mother was forged by a rally she helped organize last year in the family's Idaho hometown, said Jani Bergdahl has sought to put on a brave front.</p><br clear="all"/>

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