White House Official Details Brittney Griner’s First Moments of Freedom

Dec 11 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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She waited 10 months to see a friendly face. When she finally did, she wanted to talk.

It was the first thing Roger Carstens, the Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, noticed when he arrived in Russia to meet WNBA star Brittney Griner and take her home. “When she finally got onto the U.S. plane, I said: ‘Brittney, you must have been through a lot over the last 10 months. Here’s your seat. Please feel free to decompress. We will give you your space,’” he told CNN’s Dana Bash...

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