American hostages freed by Yemeni rebels 

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Two Americans and the remains of a third were released by Yemen’s Houthi government on Wednesday. Host Marco Werman speaks with Stephen Seche, former US ambassador to Yemen, about the diplomacy that goes into a prisoner swap in Yemen.

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