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Two U.S. Senators Held at Siberian Airport
Aug 28, 3:54 PM (ET)
By JIM HEINTZ
(AP) U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and U.S. Senator Barrack Obama, right, speak to reporters in Moscow,...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Two U.S. senators visiting sites where weapons of mass destruction are being stored were held for several hours Sunday at a Siberian airport while trying to leave Russia, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said.
Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., were held at the airport in Perm but allowed to leave after discussions between U.S. and Russian officials, the embassy spokesperson said on condition of anonymity.
Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Obama spent three days in Russia visiting sites where warheads are stored before destruction under the U.S.-funded Comprehensive Threat Reduction program.
The spokesperson did not have information on the nature of the dispute that resulted in the senators being held. Telephone calls to the Russian border guard service and Foreign Ministry were not answered Sunday evening.
The spokesperson also said Sen. Chuck Hegel, R-Neb., was delayed in departing from another Russian airport Sunday because of documentation problems.
Did this ever happen before to our guys?
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