Word: hasenfuses
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...Ortega's request, the Nicaraguan National Assembly voted to pardon Hasenfus, a process that took only a few hours from the time it was first announced by the Nicaraguan government radio station...
Dodd, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee traveling in Central America, issued a statement Wednesday saying Hasenfus was released on humanitarian grounds...
...that he be pardoned, and there was no quid pro quo for his release," he said. "Mr. Hasenfus' situation was a small part of my conversation with Ortega, perhaps 15 minutes of a 4-and-a-half-hour conversation...
Dodd told ABC's "Good Morning America" yesterday that he accepted at face value the reasons the Sandinistas gave for releasing Hasenfus...
...Washington, the State Department said in a statement: "We are gratified that the Sandinistas have released Hasenfus and that he will be reunited with his family during the Christmas season. However, the handling of this entire incident was orchestrated by the Sandinistas for maximum propaganda effect...