
The top U.S. hostage envoy on Wednesday pledged to bring home two Americans detained by Russia - journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan - as he pressed Moscow to grant consular access to the Wall Street Journal reporter.
"The president of the United States and the secretary are committed to bringing Evan home and Paul Whelan as well. And we're gonna find whatever it takes to get that job done," Roger Carstens, a U.S. special presidential envoy, said on CNN.