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Former Iran hostages find life after terror
Twenty years after being freed from the U S Embassy in Tehran, former hostages share mixed reflections. Bruce Laingen, Kathryn Koob, and Kevin Hermening describe resilience, evolving identities, and hopes for future dialogue with Iran while pursuing new lives in the United States. Some keep in touch, others recall the ordeal through private memories and public missions.
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Bruce Laingen
Ronald Reagan
Laingen
U.S
Iran
Moorhead Kennedy Jr
Mount Desert Island
Maine
Kennedy
Carter
Shah
United States
Toe
State Department
Laingens
Library of Congress
Kathryn Koob
Waverly
Iowa
Wartburg College
Koob
Ran- America Center
Foreign Service
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Washington
Richard Ode
Arizona
Kevin Hermening
Marine Corps
Wausau
Wis
Hermening
Congress
Tehran