Yokota meets with Bush on abductee issue

Yokota meets with Bush on abductee issue

WASHINGTON, United States - Sakie Yokota (L), the mother of Japanese abductee to North Korea Megumi Yokota, and Megumi's younger brother, Takuya (R), meet reporters in Washington on April 28 after meeting U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House to ask for U.S. backing to get abductees back from Pyongyang.

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