Clinton: We’re pursuing ‘all possible channels’ to free journalists

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she is doing everything she can to secure the release of the two American journalists who were convicted in North Korea Monday morning.

At a State Department press conference, Clinton said she is pursuing “all possible ways” and going through “all possible channels” to bring Laura Ling and Euna Lee back to the U.S. After being arrested in March, they were convicted and sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp Monday morning.

Clinton also emphasized that she is drawing a line between this situation and the U.S.’s increasing dissatisfaction with North Korea over its development of nuclear weapons.

“We view these as entirely separate matters,” she said. “We think the imprisonment, trial and sentencing
[of] Laura and Euna should be viewed as a humanitarian matter.”

jeremy.jacobs@digital-stage.thehill.com

Tags Arrest Clinton Conviction Current TV Euna Lee Foreign relations of the United States Hillary Clinton Imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea Korea Laura Ling North Korea–United States relations Person Career Politics Politics of the United States Post-presidency of Bill Clinton Quotation

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