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US President Joe Biden used his time at the lectern in front of a room full of 3,000 media hounds and A-list celebrities at the Washington Hilton on Saturday to call on foreign governments to “immediately” release journalists held captive. The comments came on Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. “Journalism is clearly not a crime. Not here, not there, not anywhere in the world,” Biden said. The presumptive Democratic nominee said Russian President Vladimir Putin should release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who was detained in Russia on M…

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