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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday expressed happiness and relief at the release of two journalists, on whose behalf her husband, former President Bill Clinton, sought amnesty from North Korea.
Former President Clinton meets Tuesday with North Korea leader Kim Jong Il.
1 of 3 "Obviously I am very happy and relieved to have these two young women, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, on the way home to their families," the top U.S. diplomat said on arriving in Nairobi, Kenya, for an economic forum.
"I spoke to my husband on the airplane, and everything went well. We are extremely excited that they will be reunited soon when they touch down in California," the secretary of state said. "It is just a good day to be able to see this happen."
North Korea pardoned Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, after the former U.S. president arrived in Pyongyang.
They were arrested in March while reporting from the border between North Korea and China and sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor on charges of entering the country illegally to conduct a smear campaign.
In a phone call to their families in July, Ling and Lee said the North Koreans were open to granting amnesty if a high-level envoy, such as former President Clinton, were willing to travel to Pyongyang, a senior administration official said.
That is when the families and Al Gore -- Clinton's vice president and whose California-based media outfit Current TV employs Ling and Lee -- appealed to Clinton. source: cnn.com