Hostage Robert Polhill released

Title

Hostage Robert Polhill released

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

23 Apr 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

After over 3 years in captivity in Lebanon, US hostage Robert Polhill has been released. The 55-year-old Beirut University lecturer says he hopes his fellow hostages Jesse Turner and Alan Steen will soon be released, and explains his new appreciation for freedom and his ordeal in captivity. His mother Ruth Polhill looks forward to seeing him again. US Ambassador in Damascus, Edward Djerejian, Syria’s Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara, US President George H. W. Bush, and White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater also comment. James Bays reports.

Contributors

George H. W. Bush; James Bays; Marlin Fitzwater; Robert Polhill; Ruth Polhill; Edward Djerejian; Farouk al-Shara

Keywords

USA; Iran; International relations; Hostages; Syria; Freedom; American (cultural identity); Robert Polhill; Jesse Turner; Alan Steen

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