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    3 American prisoners held in North Korea are freed and on their way home

    by Tracy Wilkinson, Noah Bierman and Matt Stiles, Los Angeles Times May 10, 2018 5 minutes

    SEOUL, South Korea - President Donald Trump scored a diplomatic victory Wednesday as North Korea freed three imprisoned U.S. citizens to return to the United States with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a goodwill gesture from the North's dictator, Kim Jong Un, ahead of his summit with the president.

    Trump announced the men's freedom on Twitter early Wednesday, and two reporters traveling with Pompeo later saw the three Korean-American men boarding the secretary's plane without assistance as he was set to return to Washington. Trump said he and Vice President Mike Pence would meet the plane at 2 a.m. EDT 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

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