Harris 'core member' of 'team' behind US-Russia prisoner swap, Sullivan says

Vice President Kamala Harris was integral in negotiating the release of three U.S. citizens and one American green card holder, including Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan. President Joe Biden and Harris have made the return of wrongly detained Americans abroad “an absolute priority” of their administration, Sullivan told reporters on Thursday during a White House briefing. “Vice President Harris actually had an opportunity to engage with [German] Chancellor [Olaf] Scholz earlier this year at an opportune, timely moment at the Munich Security Conference...