Chuck Schumer: US hostages are not ‘bargaining chips’ in North Korea talks

Published May 9, 2018 4:11pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday warned the Trump administration against going easy on North Korea in talks about its nuclear program just because that country released three U.S. detainees.

“We cannot forget: No regime has the right to hold American citizens in captivity without cause, and under no circumstances should American citizens be viewed as bargaining chips,” Schumer said Wednesday on the Senate floor.

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