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Former Vice President Al gore, center, hugs Laura Ling as Gore and Ling are joined by former President Bill Clinton, left, and Euna Lee, right, at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Lee and Ling, the two American journalists freed by North Korea, returned home to the United States on Wednesday for a jubilant, emotional reunion with family members and friends they hadn’t seen since their arrests nearly five months ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) |