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'Thankful To Be Safely Home': Pastor Brunson, Freed From Detention, Arrives In U.S.

Andrew Brunson's arrest in Turkey raised tension between the two longtime allies. Now, the pastor has returned — and President Trump greeted him Saturday at the White House.
Pastor Andrew Brunson prays for President Trump at the White House on Saturday.

Updated at 4:13 p.m. ET

Andrew Brunson is back on U.S. soil.

After two years of detention in Turkey, during which the American pastor's fate drove a wedge between two longtime allies, a newly-freed Brunson touched down Saturday at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington, D.C. From there, Brunson stopped by the White House for a visit with President Trump.

"I just

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