After months in detention, two Americans who had been held prisoner in North Korea soon will be back in the United States following a rare visit by a top U.S. official to the reclusive nation and a letter from President Barack Obama. Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, the last two Americans detained in North Korea, were due to arrive at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state about midnight ET (9 p.m. PT). The pair were released after Director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to Pyongyang as an envoy of President Barack Obama, a senior State Department official told CNN.
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Plane carrying men is scheduled to land at Washington base
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Kenneth Bae family has "been waiting for and praying for this day for two years"
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper traveled to Pyongyang
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North Korea claims it received apology from President Barack Obama
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