Senate Proceeding on May 12th, 2009 :: 2:24:00 to 2:28:50
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Bill Nelson: if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. nels: madam president, the morning's newspapers chronicle the happy fact that the american journalist

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Speech By: Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson: saberi was released from prison in iran. this is a happy occasion certainly for her and for her family as she has been in iran since 2003; has been a journalist f national public

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Bill Nelson: radio and the bbc. ostensibly was arrested by advisory use of having bought a bottle of wine and the charges were later elevated to without press credentials and espionage. and the fact that the united states government weighed in on

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Bill Nelson: this. senator clinton, in a meeting with one of the high iranian officials in the meeting that had been called as a conference on afghanistan in united states handed the iranian diplomats a letter calling for

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Bill Nelson: the release of ms. saberi and along with that in that letter calling for the release of bob lelevinson and ashee melenee.

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Bill Nelson: bob disappeared from the island kisch over twoears ago. we have reason to believe that he is being helded in a prison -- perhaps the very same prison where ms. saberi was held -- and that each time that

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Bill Nelson: his name is brought up to any iranian be it by any other representative of the u.s., the standard line is "we don't know anything about him," but usually that iranian official will then change the subject to

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Bill Nelson: iranians that are held by the americans in herbal, iraq. now, if they are suggesting some kind of exchange by consistently doing this -- whether it's with american officials or if it's with the swiss officials t

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Bill Nelson: represent us in tehran, whatever it is, the release of mrs. saberi is certainly a good first step. if the iranians want a better relationship with the united

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Bill Nelson: states, clearly the new administration has now it's up to the iranian officials. they did the right thing by releasing mrs. saberi yesterday. now, if they want to additionally show a humanitarian gesture of returning a father

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Bill Nelson: and a husband to his wife and seven children, what better chance than to levion. this senator has met with the nations and, of course, received no information even though the

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Bill Nelson: iranian ambassador was very gracious perhaps he did not even know because in some of the information that i expressed to him he expressed surprise. whoever knows about it,

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Bill Nelson: compartmented part of the iranian government knows about it, it's now time if iran wants to have a better relationship with the united states, this would be the next humanitarian