Las Vegas Sun

November 16, 2009

Currently: 41° | Complete forecast | Log in

Letter: Cuban boy’s case similar to others

Sunday, Jan. 23, 2000 | 9:02 a.m.

Politicians must search their conscience about the thousands of young American citizens held abroad in countries such as Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, among others. Rather than worrying about foreign policy or the free flow of oil, it's a politician's duty to listen to all constituents whose child was taken -- often by a disgruntled spouse -- to a distant place and kept on foreign shore.

It's an opportunity for our servants to turn the tables and lobby foreign dictators.

JAN STORM

archive

  • Most Read
  • Discussed
  • Most E-mailed

Calendar »

  • 16 Mon
  • 17 Tue
  • 18 Wed
  • 19 Thu
  • 20 Fri