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Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about N. Korean conviction

by Jeremy P. Jacobs - 06/08/09 9:16 AM ET
by Jeremy P. Jacobs - 06/08/09 9:16 AM ET

White House spokesman Bill Burton released the following statement Monday following the conviction of two U.S. journalists in North Korea.

“The president is deeply concerned by the reported sentencing of the two American citizen journalists by North Korean authorities, and we are engaged through all possible channels to secure their release.”

jeremy.jacobs@digital-staging.thehill.com

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