depends on the card you need and how much you are ready to pay for it. we don t know the needs of this country. we don t know how many people we may have in jail locked up somewhere that they have a political interest in. somebody is talking to somebody and depends on what the answer is. if it makes sense, if it s not around national policy, we can do something. when you deal with the secretary of state, you dealing with the right person. it feels too many. i don t know if this is true or not, there is some sort of movement, there s something happening when it comes to kenneth bae. the president has been talking about him. you hear about the efforts of him being moved. people are getting a sense something is being done or there is movement we can expect with the bae case. it makes sense, don. i m a good friend of the korean americans here and the korean government. i have an outstanding korean-american that works for me and when i heard something
the diplomatic approach is going to be the diplomatic approach. i m not a diplomat so i can t speculate what s going on. you think he s watching? i know he s watching. i know he s watching. we have the president of the united states speaking about mr. kenneth bae two days ago, four senators spoke about him four days ago and now a family speaking to us about how to get the momentum behind the bring back bae campaign. that s why i m here today. let s listen to the president then talk to terri more. we pray for kenneth bae, a christian missionary who has been held in north korea for 15 months. sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. his family wants him home and the united states will continue to do everything in our power to secure his release because he deserves to be free. [ applause ] terri, what does it mean to
have the president of the united states speaking on your brother s behalf and with this new movement? does it offer you renewed hope here? it was definitely encouraging to hear the commitment from the highest office of our country. we are thankful for that, for sure. you are not involved in the planning of this campaign with david but, of course, you support any effort to free your brother. do you think social media can make a difference here, terri? i hope so. i m thankful for david and his team reaching out to us. as a family, we don t have the resources to launch this type of social media campaign. we appreciate his advocate and everyone else stepping forward to make sure kenneth bae is not forgotten. we cannot rest easy until this american comes home.
kenneth bae, the american held in north korea. we just learned he is in a labor camp. the u.s. department is gravely concerned about that. bae is not the only american detained or held hostage overseas rilgt now. at least 28 u.s. citizens are held captive by extremist groups or sitting in jail in countries hostile to american. a retired fbi agent is among them. he disappeared 11 years ago. a u.s. soldier captured from his post in afghanistan. the taliban have held him since 2009. alan gross, a u.s. government employee in jail in cuba. several presidents personally pleaded for his release. so far, no success. 72-year-old warren weinstein, he was working as a government contractor in pakistan during the summer of 2011 when he was grabbed from his home. he has been held hostage by al
officially talking to and that s helpful. you are always looking at the possibility in a place like afghanistan for rescue missions. i don t see that right now. a lot of it is just waiting this out. the other thing is, let s don t forget sanctions. these groups that are not playing by the rule of law, they have to be under continual international pressure to make it not worth it to hold these people. yeah. i think the congressman alluded to that. bob, thank you very much. i m going to let you go. we appreciate your expert insight here. kenneth bae s sister terri is with us. is there anything you can give to her or assurances about what bring her brother home?doing to- oh, well she already met the secretary of state and they were in the halls of congress when they heard the president speak. they know that americans are very anxious to be supportive in