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More held by N. Korea

Kim Dong Chul, Kim Sang-duk and Kim Hak-Song are American citizens being held as political prisoners in North Korea. One has been held since October 2015.

What, if anything, is our president doing to secure their release? How is he to “handle it” for these three Americans? They also “should have been released a long time ago.” Is our president a person of action, or just a person of stern but vacuous words on this subject?

Does the spelling of their names mitigate the need to do anything on their behalf? America is waiting.

Gene Lockhart

Lexington

This story was originally published June 23, 2017 at 7:00 PM with the headline "More held by N. Korea."

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