.SecBlinken spoke with the families of Americans who are detained or held hostage overseas on Wednesday.
Nonprofit advocates who support these families say there are roughly 60 Americans wrongfully being held overseas. WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, who has been wrongfully detained as defined by the State Department in Russia since February, has continued to garner media attention.
While he didn't go into details about the call, David Whelan told the Washington Examiner,"To the extent it represents that the State Department and White House remain fully engaged in wrongful detention cases, it was a good call," but he added,"There was nothing, however, to indicate that they are any closer to resolving Paul's case."
She was supposed to speak with her wife, Cherelle, days ago for the first time since she was detained, but the call was not put through due to a staffing mishap. The administration has called it an “unfortunate mistake” and has rescheduled it.
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