USMC Vet Marks 4-Year Anniversary of Capture While Biden Admin Flounders on Release

The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the Russian arrest of former Marine and American businessman Paul Whelan, whose continued imprisonment is one of several major irritants in tattered relations between Washington and Moscow.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday that securing Whelan’s release remains a top administration priority.
U.S. officials reportedly attempted to include Whelan in a prisoner swap earlier this month — where