Jill's ability to help others understand the issues facing all groups in Iraq has been invaluable.
This has been a difficult week for Jill's family and for us. Jill's deep love for Iraq and the Iraqi people have come out in the published statements by a number of her Iraqi friends and fellow reporters. She is committed to helping the world understand the great good to be found in Iraq and its people, despite the struggles it is going through now.
She is a professional journalist whose only goal has been to report truthfully about Iraq and to promote understanding.
Yesterday was way too soon. I think they're investigating whether she could leave today. But her family wants to make sure that she's strong enough, emotionally and otherwise, to take this step.
It is always difficult to see someone speaking under coercion and under these circumstances. We are seeking more information about the letter that Jill refers to in the video. We remain in constant contact with Jill's family and are still doing everything possible to obtain Jill's release.
We add our voice to those of Arabs around the world, and especially to those in Iraq , who have condemned this act of kidnapping. We ask that she be returned to the protection of her family immediately.
We appreciate the wide ranging efforts being made by Iraqi and US officials to secure Jill's release. We hope that today's encouraging statements about Jill's condition and prospects for safe return are proved correct.
This has been a difficult week for Jill's family and for us.
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