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• Statement by the President on the Release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl The White House 31 May 2014
• Hagel Announces Release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl by Afghan Captors AFPS 31 May 2014 -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today announced that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's Afghan captors have released him to the U.S. military after taking him prisoner nearly five years ago while he was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Statement from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the return of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl DoD 31 May 2014
• Captive U.S. Soldier Freed In Deal For Five Taliban RFE/RL 31 May 2014 -- U.S. President Barack Obama says U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl – a soldier held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for five years -- has been freed as part of a prisoner release deal with the Taliban.
• Pakistan-Taliban Clash Spills into Afghanistan VOA 31 May 2014 -- Pakistan's military clashes with Taliban militants have spilled over its northwest border into neighboring Afghanistan. The cross-border skirmish has left civilians, militants and military forces dead across the rugged frontier dividing the two countries.
• Obama Welcomes Release of Captive US Soldier VOA 31 May 2014 -- A U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan for nearly five years has been released to U.S. forces, in a swap for five insurgents from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S., Chinese Leaders Meet, Continue Rapprochement AFPS 31 May 2014 -- Reaching out to new countries is part and parcel of President Barack Obama's new foreign policy approach and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reinforced that push, meeting today with the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong.
• Hagel Meets with Asian Defense Leaders in Singapore AFPS 31 May 2014 -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with defense leaders from five Asian nations on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said in statements today.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's Meeting with Malaysian Minister of Defense Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein DoD 31 May 201
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's Meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Onodera Itsunori DoD 31 May 2014
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's Meeting with Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong DoD 31 May 2014
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's Meeting with Vietnam's Defense Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh DoD 31 May 2014
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's Meeting with Republic of Korea's Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin DoD 31 May 2014
• Remarks by Secretary Hagel at plenary session at International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue DoD 31 May 2014 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
• Russia prepares response to American 'prompt global strike' initiative - Defense Ministry VoR 31 May 2014 -- Works aimed at neutralization of the American 'Prompt Global Strike ' strategy are under way in Russia, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said.

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Other Conflicts

• US Warns China at Asia Security Forum VOA 31 May 2014 -- At Asia's largest security forum, China found itself on the defensive with top officials from several countries, including the United States, Japan and Vietnam, calling on Beijing to moderate its behavior amid maritime territorial disputes in the region.
• Beijing not to stir trouble in South China Sea: Xi Iran Press TV 31 May 2014 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged that his country will not "stir up trouble" in the disputed waters of the South China Sea claimed by six neighboring nations.
• Beijing calls Hagel's claims of China 'inciting tensions' in S China Sea 'bullying' VoR 31 May 2014 -- China has harshly reacted to the statement of the US Minister of Defense, Chuck Hagel, who, according to the Chinese side, 'made threats', having accused China of inciting tensions in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, the asiaone.com portal reports.
• African nations vow to fight Boko Haram Takfiri group Iran Press TV 31 May 2014 -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is taking measures to further cooperate with Central African countries in its fight against terrorism amid deadly militancy by the Takfiri militant group, Boko Haram, in Nigeria.

News Reports

• Turkish Police Tear Gas Protesters VOA 31 May 2014 -- Turkish security forces moved on protesters in a public square in Istanbul on the anniversary of last year's anti-government demonstrations.
• US Demands Return to Democracy in Thailand VOA 31 May 2014 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has demanded that coup leaders in Thailand release detainees and immediately hold general elections, after Thai military leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha said a return to civilian rule is probably at least a year away.
• Algeria detects first two cases of MERS virus Iran Press TV 31 May 2014 -- Algeria has reported its first two cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), better known as the MERS virus.