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There are definitely plans in the works to go to a future show,
Almost a year ago, the family bought tickets for today’s Warsaw show,
Ari Goldberg, the communications director for RFE/RL, Inc., told NBC News Friday The Taylor Swift tickets were the original birthday gift for Miriam who turns 13 today. Her original birthday gift were these Taylor Swift tickets, but an even bigger present was her mom returning,
We won’t stop until Paul Whelan and others join Trevor in the loving arms of family and friends.”
After Reed’s release, Biden had said in a statement Deals like this one come with tough calls … There's nothing that matters more to me than protecting Americans at home and abroad."
President Biden celebrated the release as a significant diplomatic victory, stating We have waited 491 days for Evan’s release, and it’s hard to describe what today feels like,
Gershkovich’s family said earlier in a statement A lot of your favourite rappers are only alive because of our sacrifices,
The enemy, and those who are behind the enemy, must await our inevitable response,
I spent a month in prison in Yekaterinburg where everyone I sat with was a political prisoner. Nobody knows them publicly, they have various political beliefs, they are not all connected with Navalny supporters, who everyone knows about. I would potentially like to see if we could do something about them as well. I’d like to talk to people about that in the next weeks and months
I was sure I’m going to die in prison, because I still don’t believe what’s happening. I still think I’m sleeping in my prison cell in Omsk instead of hearing your voice. But I just want you to know that you’ve done a wonderful thing by saving so many people
We held our breath and crossed our fingers,
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said I want to congratulate you on your return to the motherland,
Their brutal ordeal is over,
Biden told a news conference at the White House earlier, flanked by the overjoyed families of the freed prisoners We can't wait to give him the biggest hug and see his sweet and brave smile up close,
Many feared for their health and even their lives."
Scholz described a "moving" encounter with the prisoners after greeting them at Cologne airport, adding We have waited 491 days for Evan’s release, and it’s hard to describe what today feels like. We can’t wait to give him the biggest hug and see his sweet and brave smile up close. Most important now is taking care of Evan and being together again. No family should have to go through this, and so we share relief and joy today with Paul and Alsu’s families.”
Gershkovich’s family said earlier in a statement It was a symbol that we don’t abandon our people,
I know Evan and Paul will come home to the United States and step onto U.S. soil. I just don't know when,
he said during an interview at the Aspen Security Forum on July 17. The toughest call on this one was for other countries, because I asked them to do some things that were against their immediate self-interest,
Mr. Biden told reporters on the tarmac This is an incredible day, I can see it in the families, in their eyes and in their cries,