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We have this report come out yesterday NBC reported a

statement that contradicted president Biden's claim that Russia offered to free only Brittany Griner in exchange for this

You know merchant of death and they said Biden said this was not a choice

NBC news later reported that

The senior US official told them that the US government had sought both Griner and of course the the gentleman of Marine

We've been talking about Paul Whalen and

Released as part of those swap with the Kremlin, but the official said Russia was treating Whalen differently

And that the Kremlin offered either

Whalen or Griner or nothing at all

That contradicts exactly what the Democrat said and anyway here's John Kirby Triner clear this up

It's accurate that they have set up a

Separate set of expectations for mr. Whalen then what they head set for Miss Griner

The deal that we got with Miss Griner was the only deal we could get and now was the only moment we could get it

So we took advantage of that to get one American home, but as the president said we're gonna stay focused on on Mr. Whalen

This was not as the president also said some choice between the two

So I would push back on this notion that that we deliberately, you know

We we chose Brittany over Paul

There was only one way to get one American home and that was this particular deal

So we're gonna stay at it. We were working on it yesterday

We're working on it today and I can guarantee the Whalen family that tomorrow and every day here after we're gonna continue to work to

Bring Paul home. So anyway, I don't understand while I'm still sitting here

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