google.com - 8/4/2009
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(AP) 1 hour ago WASHINGTON The White House took a tight-lipped stance Tuesday on former President Clinton's visit to North Korea to press for the release of two jailed Americans arrested in March. "While this solely private mission to secure the release of the two Americans is on the ground, ...
news.yahoo.com - 8/4/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
SEOUL, South Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong
Il has issued a "special pardon" to two American...
journalists convicted of sneaking into the country illegally, and he ordered them released during a visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton , North ...
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North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned - Yahoo! News
google.com - 8/4/2009
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google.com —
(AFP) 4 hours ago WASHINGTON The Obama administration
is rewarding North Korea for its bad behavior by...
sending ex-president Bill Clinton to Pyongyang to win the release of two US journalists, the former US ambassador to the UN said Tuesday. John ...
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AFP: Bill Clinton rewarding NKorea for bad behavior: Bolton
thinkprogress.org - 8/4/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Reports emerged yesterday that President Clinton — along
with Center for American Progress President and CEO John...
Podesta — was traveling to North Korea to negotiate the release of two imprisoned American journalists. In an interview with ...
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Even After North Korea Frees American Journalists, ...
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Reason Morning Links: More Troops Likely in Afghanistan, Bill Clinton in North Korea, Cash for Clunkers Out of Money
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• New assessment concludes thousands more troops may be necessary in Afghanistan. • Obama sends Bill Clinton to North Korea to negotiate release of two captured U.S. journalists. • Cash for Clunkers money could dry up by Friday. • State attorneys general, public health activists want tighter regulation of alcohol-caffeine drinks. • Obama finding it increasingly difficult to keep his pledge for no middle class tax hike.
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White House mostly mum on Clinton's NKorea mission
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Graham, R-S.C., said earlier Tuesday he hoped that Clinton's visit to Pyongyang would yield some progress on the difficult standoff between the United States and North Korea on nuclear issues. Interviewed on NBC's "Today" show, Graham said he saw no problem with Clinton taking the lead on resolving the issue of the two women arrested in March. The Clinton visit was reminiscent of some missions that Bill Richardson, now the governor of New Mexico, had taken in the past. Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5huSr2... snip Graham: "the "world is watching" ...
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