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Bill Clinton to North Korea for Women
 I wonder what we got for him?Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Bill Clinton headed to North Korea to seek the release of two U.S. journalists who are serving a 12-year sentence in the communist nation, Yonhap News reported, without saying where it obtained the information. Oh. You mean he'll be back? Andy Laine, a spokesman for the State Department in Washington, said on a conference call with reporters that he had "no information on those reports." Aaron Tarver, a U.S. embassy spokesman in Seoul, said he hadnt heard about a trip. The White House approved the mission, Politico reported. Any objections, Hillary? Ummmmmmmm...nope. Euna Lee and Laura Ling were sentenced to "reform through labor" in June for charges including an illegal border crossing from China. The two women were detained in March while reporting for San Francisco-based Current TV, co-founded by Clintons former vice president, Al Gore. Anyone who bitches about reform through labor...spends a night in the box. The sentencing coincided with increased tension on the Korean peninsula. North Korea tested a nuclear weapon and more than a dozen missiles this year, prompting new United Nations sanctions against the regime. How's about y'all give us the chicks back and keep ya nukes and missiles? Your government would approve this? Wayull, it's a long flight back from Ko-rea. N' ah got a feelin thay'll be really grateful, if ya know whut ah mean... Clinton had "likely arrived" in Pyongyang, Yonhap reported at 11:23 a.m. local time. North Korea had asked in unofficial contacts through its UN mission that Clinton or a high-ranking Obama administration official visit for such negotiations, the largest South Korean news agency said. Hey. How y'all doin? Herro, Misser Crinton. And Dear Reader asks where is ravishing Miss Arrbright? Sorry bout that. She won't be comin. Pity. Dear Reader will be most upset. South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Lim Jung Taek told Bloomberg News by telephone the ministry had no comment on the reports. Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong Joo also declined to comment. CRINTON! Posted by: tu3031 2009-08-04 |
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