A's manager Mark Kotsay speaks to reporters after Oakland's 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Kotsay impressed with Blackburn's performance in A's win over Cardinals originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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America stands with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation, United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Thursday in Tokyo. Japan says North Korea abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens, possibly many more, to train them as agents during the 1970s and 1980s. Thomas-Greenfield began her Japan visit by meeting with families of those kidnapped.