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Former hostage urges link to Iran
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker May 17, 2006 12:17pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, May 10, 2001 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A former U.S. diplomat held hostage in Iran for 444 days said it is time, after more than two decades, for America to open a dialogue with Iranian leaders in an effort to restore diplomatic relations.
L. Bruce Laingen, chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was seized by militants in 1979, said he would advise the Bush administration to re-evaluate U.S. policy toward Iran and further ease sanctions.
"I would ask them to look at it in the context beyond the emotions and hang-ups of the past, including terrorism broadly defined, but particularly the hostage crisis," Laingen said in a meeting Thursday with the Journal Sentinel's editorial board.
"I would tell them, I think with full confidence in my view, that the American public is prepared to put that damn thing behind us and get on with life," said Laingen, who with 51 others was held hostage from Nov. 4, 1979, to Jan. 20, 1981. |
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