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State Department credits presidential leadership for recent returns of detained Americans; offers limited detail
Summary
At a briefing the State Department spokesperson said the administration reported the return of 47 unjustly detained Americans since the president took office and announced the recent release of Yoris Zhenkovich from Belarus; the spokesperson declined to discuss the specific diplomatic mechanisms or whether definitions of “wrongful” detention have
The State Department spokesperson said the president’s leadership has helped secure the return of dozens of Americans detained abroad and announced the recent release of a U.S. citizen from Belarus.
The spokesperson said that “47 wrongfully detained Americans have been returned to The United States thanks to the president's leadership” and later referred to…
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