Freed U.S. journalist Euna Lee (L) is embraced by her husband Michael Saldate (2nd L) and daughter Hana Saldate after arriving with Laura Ling (3rd R) who is embraced by sister Lisa Ling and mother Mary in Burbank, California August 5, 2009. Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, American journalists freed by North Korea from months of detention, returned to U.S. soil early on Wednesday accompanied by Clinton, who secured their release in a meeting with the hermit state's leader Kim Jong-il. REUTERS/Danny MoloshokThe Story Behind Clinton's Trip To North Korea -- CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two senior Obama administration officials described on background how former President Bill Clinton's mission to Pyongyang to secure the release of two U.S. journalists imprisoned by North Korea evolved:
# President Obama never spoke directly with former President Clinton about this issue, the officials said.
# During a phone call with their families in mid-July, the journalists told their relatives that they had been informed by the North Koreans that they would be willing to grant them amnesty if an envoy like former President Clinton would come to Pyongyang to secure their release.
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Obama: `Extraordinarily Relieved' By Return Of Journalists -- Wall Street Journal
Obama 'extraordinarily relieved' by journalists' return from North Korea -- L.A. Times
Journalists Rejoin Tearful Friends, Family in U.S. -- Washington Post
Emotional homecoming greets reporters freed from North Korea -- Reuters
North Korea Pardons US Journalists -- Voice of America
N. Korea Releases U.S. Journalists -- Wall Street Journal
Obama did not speak with Clinton about North Korean mission -- USA Today
Talks for secret mission to North Korea began once journalists were seized, sources say -- L.A. Times
Deciphering Korean propaganda on the Clintons -- Washington Times
Mr. Clinton Goes to Pyongyang -- Gordon C. Chang, Wall Street Journal opinion
Paying Kim’s Price -- Wall Street Journal editorial.
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