Following Brittney Griner’s release, US lawmakers want a ‘National Hostage’ day

WASHINGTON— Days after the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner from imprisonment in Russia, Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Tuesday to establish March 9 as an annual day to remember Americans detained abroad. The bill, according to text seen by Reuters, seeks to make March 9 “National Hostage and Wrongful […] The post Following Brittney Griner’s release, US lawmakers want a ‘National Hostage’ day appeared first on Inquirer Sports.

Following Brittney Griner’s release, US lawmakers want a ‘National Hostage’ day

WASHINGTON— Days after the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner from imprisonment in Russia, Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Tuesday to establish March 9 as an annual day to remember Americans detained abroad. The bill, according to text seen by Reuters, seeks to make March 9 “National Hostage and Wrongful […]

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