Bill Clinton And Journalists In Emotional Return To U.s.

By MARK LANDLER and PETER BAKER, New York Times
Wed, 08/05/2009 - 12:19am

Former President Bill Clinton arrived in the United States Wednesday morning after a dramatic 20-hour visit to North Korea, in which he won the freedom of two American journalists, opened a diplomatic channel to North Korea’s reclusive government and dined with the North’s ailing leader, Kim Jong-il.

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