U.S. military takes possession of human remains from North Korea

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🗓️ 27 July 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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A U.S. Air Force plane carrying what are thought to be the remains of 55 Americans killed during the Korean War arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea on Friday morning -- the 65th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.

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0:00.0	The Power of Possible.
0:05.0	Learn more at U.S. Bank.
0:07.0	slash Newsroom.
0:09.0	Good morning.
0:12.0	I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for Friday
0:16.6	July 27th. In today's news, 711 children who were taken from their parents at the border remain in government
0:27.4	shelters.
0:29.2	Michael Cohen says Donald Trump knew about that June 2016 meeting with the Russians ahead of time.
0:36.9	And an Ohio congressman shakes up the race to replace Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House. But first, the big idea. A US Air Force plane carrying
0:49.9	what are thought to be the remains of 55 Americans killed during the Korean War,
0:55.0	arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea on Friday morning. Today is the
1:00.7	65th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.
1:06.4	The Air Force C17 aircraft departed for the North Korean city of Wandsan shortly before 6 a.m. Friday. It returned about 11 a.m. Friday.
1:13.0	It returned about 11 a.m. local time,
1:15.0	where it was greeted by a crowd of several hundred U.S. service members and their families.
1:20.0	The exchange means that one part of the agreement reached between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore last month has been partially fulfilled, albeit more slowly than many had anticipated.
1:32.0	Trump tweeted, quote, thank you to kill. more slowly than many had anticipated.
1:32.6	Trump tweeted, quote,
1:34.1	thank you to Kim Jong-un.
1:36.8	The remains are expected to remain at Osan
1:38.9	for a few days for initial testing
1:40.8	before a repatriation ceremony is held on August 1st, and then they're sent on to Hawaii.
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