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Today's Chicago Way, John Cass, and Jeff Carlin

are joined by our friend Steve Huntley.

30 years of veteran Chicago newspaper man,

editor of the Sun-Times editorial board,

Metropolitan Editor,

you've done at all sometimes.

And he writes now for John Cass News

and he's working on a peace for this week on Israel and the hostages.

And he says this is a time we need clarity, but we're not getting any.

What is it Steve?

Well that's exactly right.

This should this hostage release of the last week should be a moment of clarity.

I mean just look who they were.

Coddlers and grandmothers. I mean just look who they were.

Codlers and grandmothers, elementary school-age children

and gray-haired women.

At least one now an orphan because the Hamas terrorist killed

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