Freed Journalists Return Home

Freed American journalists Laura Ling, center, and Euna Lee, far right, just amnestied by North Korea, are about to leave an airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, by a chartered plane carrying the homebound former President Bill Clinton Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied Lee and Ling after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned the women from their 12-year prison sentences.

Former President Bill Clinton goes aboard a chartered plane leaving Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. His mission accomplished, former President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied by American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned the women from their 12-year prison sentences.

Journalists Laura Ling, in green, and Euna Lee, in red, are greeted by former President Bill Clinton as they board a plane bound for the United States in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Lee and Ling, who had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for entering the country illegally, were granted a pardon by North Korea following rare talks between Clinton and the North's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il.

Former President Bill Clinton waves from a chartered plane before leaving Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.

Laura Ling, top, and Euna Lee, two freed American journalists who were arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, arrive at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.

Euna Lee, left, and Laura Ling are greeted by Lee's husband Michael Saldate, second from right, Ling's husband Ian Clayton, right, and Lee's daughter, Hana, after the two arrive at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.

Euna Lee, left, and Laura Ling, second from right, two American journalists who were arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, are greeted by Lee's husband Michael Saldate, center, Ling's husband Ian Clayton, right, and Lee's daughter, Hana, after the two arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.

Laura Ling is hugged by her husband Ian Clayton after she and Euna Lee arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Lee and Ling, who had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for entering North Korea illegally, were granted a pardon following rare talks between former President Bill Clinton and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Euna Lee, left, an American journalist who was arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, is greeted by husband Michael Saldate and their daughter, Hana after she and fellow journalist Laura Ling arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.

Euna Lee, an American journalist who was arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, holds her daughter Hana after she and Laura Ling arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Standing at left is Ling's sister Lisa.

Euna Lee receives a hug from Vice President Al Gore as she holds her daughter Hana after she and Laura Ling arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.

Laura Ling, second from right, is hugged by her sister Lisa after she and fellow journalist Euna Lee arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Lee and Ling, who had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for entering North Korea illegally, were granted a pardon following rare talks between former President Bill Clinton and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

Journalist Laura Ling, right front, thanks former President Bill Clinton for his assistance in the release of herself and fellow journalist Euna Lee, right, while standing with Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore and family members following their arrival at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, August 5, 2009.

Former President Bill Clinton listens to Laura Ling, an American journalist who was arrested in March after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China, after Ling and Euna Lee arrived at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.

Laura Ling, center, gets a kiss from her mother Mary as they are joined by former President Bill Clinton, left, former Vice President Al Gore, second from left, and Euna Lee, standing right to Ling, at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Aug. 5, 2009. Lee and Ling were granted a pardon from their imprisonment in North Korea following rare talks between former President Bill Clinton and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.