The U.S. is still 'negotiating' for the release of detained American Paul Whelan, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said today. 'This business of getting wrongfully detained Americans home, there's nothing easy about it.'
"An American should come home if they can come home," David Whelan said.Kirby maintained that the Biden administration is committed to "trying as hard as we can" to secure Whelan's release.
"This business of getting wrongfully detained Americans home, there's nothing easy about it," Kirby said. "There's very rarely moments where it's just an aha ... It's hard work and there are tough decisions that go into it. This was one of them too." "Even if you do everything right ... and you get detained wrongfully, the United States isn't going to forget you," he said.Go deeper...
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