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Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan greeted
by Biden, Harris before emotional reunion
with loved ones after historic prisoner
swap with Russia

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 8/2/2024 1:19:08 AM

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich finally touched down on US soil late Thursday night after spending more than a year in a hellish Russian prison — and becoming the first American journalist to be arrested for alleged spying since the Cold War. The 32-year-old journalist — along with freed hostages Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva — landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where they were greeted by President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The brave reporter shook hands with Biden and Harris as he briefly spoke with them and gave the commander in chief a hug before he was surrounded by jubilant family members for their long-awaited emotional reunion.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 8/2/2024 1:27:27 AM (No. 1770929)
There because it would be the last chance to put his hands on the daughter.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mifla 8/2/2024 4:50:58 AM (No. 1770952)
Need money or a prisoner trade? Kidnap an American and falsely accuse him. Putin has his assassin back.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Patchy Groundfog 8/2/2024 5:22:10 AM (No. 1770967)
Finally....when the desperate Biden/Harris admin needed a PR stunt. They are soulless communists.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: privateer 8/2/2024 6:24:15 AM (No. 1770999)
Expect a parade of self-serving feel-good stunts to help ease Potato Salad (spawn of Joetato and mistress of word salad) in to office.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 8/2/2024 7:18:42 AM (No. 1771032)
How many times did Joe look at his watch?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 8/2/2024 7:57:07 AM (No. 1771066)
So Biden and Harris inserted themselves into the reunion before they let them see their families? Obnoxious, low-class move.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Venturer 8/2/2024 8:14:51 AM (No. 1771079)
What a scripted performance that home coming was. These three people who wanted to get with their families held on the plane and waiting for the photo-op.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 8/2/2024 8:17:58 AM (No. 1771081)
Ok, biden you cheater. So, why is Marc Vogel still rotting away in the russkie gulag? Three years in the gulag for having a half ounce of medical weed in his possession. Funny, that you were wlling to swap russkie convicts for brittney griner's release. Why you letting Vogel waste away, pal?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: chillijilli 8/2/2024 8:35:46 AM (No. 1771090)
Wow! What amazing timing! Just when we were worried about who is actually running the country we are gobsmacked with a reminder of Joe's astonishing diplomatic skills! He and his faithful and confident VP not only welcome back the hostages but use the opportunity to strengthen Joe's legacy as well. And the photo op of the hostage return conveniently gives the impression that Harris has experience in foreign affairs---an area in which she is seriously lacking. If Harris is elected, she will owe the international leaders big time because at some time they will call in their markers. Welcome to OneWorld politics. Little by little, but in lockstep.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: felixcat 8/2/2024 9:14:00 AM (No. 1771116)
Well, Kamala can go on and on about having a President who believes in diplomacy but this was a simple prisoner exchange -- no diplomacy involved at all. And I must say, the prisoners all look to be in good health, foot mobile and with meat on their bones, unlike Otto Warmbier.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: aripeny 8/2/2024 9:18:00 AM (No. 1771121)
Nothing like a good prisoner swap to take the focus away from the terrible deal for the 9-11 families. biden-harris are a disgrace to the nation.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: bighambone 8/2/2024 9:22:26 AM (No. 1771127)
I’m glad that those Americans got to come back to America. While Putin got twice as many of his Russian operatives back during this prisoner exchange, you can bet that such an unbalanced exchange will serve as an incentive for adversarial foreign countries in the future to grab Americans in their countries to get back their bad guys who have been arrested and convicted of actual felony crimes and spying, especially during the run up to US elections were American politicians believe such prisoner exchanges will enhance their political profiles and buy them additional votes. In that respect have you ever seen Harris at an Air Force Base to await the return of American Military Members who have been killed overseas? I don’t remember anything like that ever happening.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Zigrid 8/2/2024 9:57:49 AM (No. 1771161)
WE still don't know all the particulars in this swap...what exactly did America give up to secure these hostages...did WE sell out Ukrainian people and land...heels up harris needed some good press and a narrative that makes the Dems look good....another photo op along with the deal with the 9/11 terrorists...pandering to the right folks for votes....
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Kate318 8/2/2024 10:22:57 AM (No. 1771185)
Somebody needed a photo op.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 8/2/2024 10:40:45 AM (No. 1771206)
Grandstanding Biden and Harris shamelessly butt in on a family reunion..... BEFORE the reunion. "Dr." Jill was there too.... tacky, tacky as usual.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Califedup 8/2/2024 11:00:50 AM (No. 1771235)
I’m with #13. None of the propaganda media outlets are revealing what the illegal Biden/Harris Regime had to give up to Russia in this very suspiciously timed deal. No doubt the USA got a rotten deal in the end.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: dwa 8/2/2024 11:39:34 AM (No. 1771272)
Why is this being pushed as "historic". There have been many prisoner swaps with Russia in the past. It is just more media propaganda to build up Biden and Harris.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: chillijilli 8/2/2024 11:49:19 AM (No. 1771280)
A good friend of mine, Larry Lunt, was set up by the CIA as a rancher in Cuba during the Bay of Pigs. He was actually running arms, got caught and spent more than a decade in a Castro prison. Eventually he was freed in a SPY SWAP organized by Dick Cheney who was then a WY Congressman. Lunt went on to write a book called Leave Me My Spirit about his experiences in the Cuban prison, which earned rave reviews from the NYTimes which you can still read online. From what I know about spy swaps, what happened yesterday ticks all the boxes.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: DVC 8/2/2024 1:22:55 PM (No. 1771403)
Yeah, they get to see his "1,000 yard stare" and watch him shake hands with the air.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: MindMadeUp 8/2/2024 3:58:12 PM (No. 1771512)
Wonder how many more prisoners and hostages the Democrat cartel has on the back burner waiting for the most politically helpful moment to get them released so they can posture with them in front of the cameras...?
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Reply 21 - Posted by: chillijilli 8/2/2024 4:31:17 PM (No. 1771528)
Sorry for continuing to pop up here but I was kind of surprised to see that there is a memorandum to Donald Rumsfeld and General Scowcroft called The Lawrence Lunt Case which can be found on cia.gov/readingroom or just with a cursory google search. It's only 2 declassified pages but clearly shows how these "prisoner swaps" work---if anyone's interested.
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