Posted on 06/05/2009 3:23:28 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen
Former Vice President Al Gore may be sent to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists on trial, the AFP reported.
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for Gore's California-based Current TV, were arrested March 17 near the North Korean border while on a reporting trip to China on charges they entered the country illegally and engaged in "hostile acts" — allegations that could draw a 10-year sentence in a labor camp.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly did not rule out the possibility of Gore being sent when asked if it would make sense for him to go.
"It's a very, very sensitive issue, I'm not going to go into it," Kelly told reporters. "This is such a sensitive issue, I'm just not going to go into those kinds of discussions that we may or may not have had," he said about whether Gore himself had raised the matter with the State Department.
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Jimmy Carter going to be upset.
MANBEARPIG going to North Korea oh Gee Louize ROFL
Commish I think Little Kim could take Al Gore LOL! just hellva of Freepers dares
He is that bold
A. doesn’t know where N,K. is, could’t find it on a map. B. can’t tie own shoes.
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