Laura Ling and Euna Lee are headed back the U.S. with Bill Clinton
In
this
photo
released
by
China's
Xinhua
News
Agency,
American
journalists
Laura
Ling,
left,
and
Euna
Lee,
second
right,
walk
to
a
chartered
plane
at
an
airport
in
Pyongyang,
North
Korea
on
Wednesday,
Aug.
5,
2009.
Former
U.S.
President
Bill
Clinton
left
Pyongyang
early
Wednesday
accompanied
by
Lee
and
Ling
after
North
Korean
leader
Kim
Jong
Il
pardoned
the
two
from
their
12-year
prison
sentences.
(AP
Photo/Xinhua,
Zhang
Binyang)
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton greets U.S. journalists Laura Ling (in green) and Euna Lee (in red) as they board a chartered plane at an airport in Pyongyang August 5, 2009 in this photo released by China's official Xinhua News Agency. North Korea said on Wednesday it had pardoned the two jailed American journalists after Clinton met the reclusive state's leader Kim Jong-il, a move some analysts said could pave the way to direct nuclear disarmament talks. REUTERS/Xinhua/Zhang Binyang
Statement by the President on the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee
For Immediate Release August 5, 2009
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE RELEASE OF LAURA LING AND EUNA LEE
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