JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 1: Democratic presidential candidate, U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) embraces U. S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan after welcoming home freed prisoners Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva on August 1, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Their release, negotiated as part of a 24-person prisoner exchange with Russia that involved at least six countries, is the largest prisoner exchange in post-Soviet history. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images / AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 1: Democratic presidential candidate, U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) embraces U. S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan after welcoming home freed prisoners Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva on August 1, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Their release, negotiated as part of a 24-person prisoner exchange with Russia that involved at least six countries, is the largest prisoner exchange in post-Soviet history. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images / AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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