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Iran releases US Navy veteran Michael White
The Hill ^
| 06 04 2020
| Rebecca Klar
Posted on 06/04/2020 8:41:23 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Iran has released U.S. Navy veteran Michael White, who had been detained for nearly two years, his family confirmed Thursday.
“I am blessed to announce that the nightmare is over, and my son is safely in American custody and on his way home,” White’s mother, Joanne White, said in a statement shared by a family spokesman on Twitter.
Joanne White thanked the State Department, Swiss diplomats and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) in her statement.
U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook flew to Zurich with a doctor to meet White and will accompany him to the U.S. aboard an American plane, officials told The Associated Press.
Richardson also confirmed Thursday that White has been released by Iran and is returning to the U.S.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
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To: yesthatjallen
Good news!!! Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
06/04/2020 8:44:01 AM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: yesthatjallen
>>White was detained by Iranian authorities in July 2018 while he was visiting a woman he had met online and fallen in love with, according to AP. White was reportedly convicted of insulting Iran’s supreme leader and posting private information online. He had been sentenced to a decade in prison.
Clearly a case of thinking with the little head. Travelling to Iran as an American citizen? DUMB!
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posted on
06/04/2020 8:46:27 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: yesthatjallen
If Richardson was involved you can bet there was a payoff, ergo held-for-ransom.
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posted on
06/04/2020 8:46:38 AM PDT
by
Justa
(If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
To: yesthatjallen
More winning.
I am not tired of it yet.
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posted on
06/04/2020 8:57:03 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: FreedomPoster
Women are extremely dangerous.
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posted on
06/04/2020 9:07:11 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
To: yesthatjallen
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posted on
06/04/2020 9:33:07 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: FreedomPoster
White was detained by Iranian authorities in July 2018 while he was visiting a woman he had met online and fallen in love with moron
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Joanna White thanks the Swiss government, along with the State Department and its Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, and then Bill Richardson, sez ABC source. Even ABC is a better source than the Shills at The Hill.
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posted on
06/04/2020 9:53:51 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: yesthatjallen
So, have they converted and turned him, is that why they released him? I just don't see Trump paying either money or concessions to get him back.
Yes, yes I agree it's good he is back home.
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posted on
06/04/2020 10:06:11 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: yesthatjallen
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posted on
06/04/2020 10:52:36 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: yesthatjallen
Second hostage ransomed out by trading Iranian agents arrested here. I gotta wonder if this guy was deliberately lured to Iran. Previous trade in December, of a guy kidnapped just after Obama gave the Iranians > $100b:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiyue_Wang
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posted on
06/05/2020 7:49:36 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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posted on
06/05/2020 9:07:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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