From a Wall Street Journal story by Louise Radnofsky, Gordon Lubold, and Ann M. Simmons headlined “America’s Top Hostage Envoy Pledges to Secure Evan Gershkovich’s Release From Russian Prison”:

The U.S.’s top hostage negotiator called on Russia to allow American Embassy officials to visit detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and pledged to find a way to secure his release and that of another American, Paul Whelan.

Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, made the remarks in a series of morning television interviews, appearing across ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC.