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    3 American prisoners held in North Korea are freed and on way back to US

    by Tracy Wilkinson, Noah Bierman and Matt Stiles, Los Angeles Times May 09, 2018 5 minutes

    SEOUL, South Korea - President Donald Trump scored a diplomatic victory on Wednesday as North Korea freed three U.S. citizens from prison to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a goodwill gesture prior to a planned summit between the president and the North's dictator, Kim Jong Un.

    Trump announced the men's freedom on Twitter on Wednesday morning, and two reporters traveling with Pompeo later saw the three Korean-American men boarding the secretary's plane without assistance as it was set to return to Washington. Trump said he would meet the plane at 2 a.m. Thursday at Joint Base Andrews.

    "I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting," Trump tweeted.

    Later, talking briefly to reporters before a Cabinet meeting, Trump thanked

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