Orientation doesn’t begin until Monday, but our new Clinton School students got a taste of what’s to come Thursday night at a lecture featuring President Clinton and journalists Lisa and Laura Ling.
The students briefly met the former president before the lecture and enjoyed and hour-long discussion with the Lings on this morning.
Laura Ling is one of two journalists recently held captive in North Korea before President Clinton made a diplomatic mission to secure her release. Lisa Ling has worked as a special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show, National Geographic Explorer and CNN.
After an introduction for President Clinton, the Lings discussed Laura’s imprisonment and Lisa’s unrelenting campaign to get her sister released. Having previously visited North Korea on a medical mission, Lisa joined Laura to describe the conditions in the country under the dictatorship of Kim Jong-iI.
They later signed copies of their new book, “Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home.”
Laura Ling and fellow Current TV journalist Euna Lee were captured on the China-North Korea border in March 2009 while working on a story about North Korean refugees. After a four-month imprisonment, the journalists were freed when President Clinton visited North Korea.
The lecture was part of the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series, which is sponsored by the Clinton School, the Clinton Foundation and AT&T.
Video of the program will be posted soon at www.clintonschoolspeakers.com.
Class six with President Clinton.
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