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Grayson Logue, deputy editor of The Morning Dispatch,is joined by Mickey Bergman—CEO of Global Reach and author of In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad—to discuss his unique process of bringing captured Americans home.
The Agenda:
—Bergman’s experience in the IDF
—Drafting a ceasefire proposal with Lebanon
—The story of Danny Fenster
—Jim Foley and U.S. policy toward freeing Americas
—Returning Taylor Dudley
Grayson Logue is a staff writer for The Dispatch and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he worked in political risk consulting, helping advise Fortune 50 companies. He was also an assistant editor at Providence Magazine and is a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, pursuing a Master’s degree in history. When Grayson is not writing pieces for the website, he is probably working hard to reduce the number of balls he loses on the golf course.
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