omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea two months ago, is back on U.S. soil.
An official with the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed that King landed in San Antonio early Thursday at around 1:30 a.m. ET.
The news that King was back in U.S. custody came Wednesday morning.
"We can confirm that U.S. officials have secured the return of Private King and departed PRC airspace en route to a U.S. military base," a senior Biden administration official said.
Later Wednesday, Army spokesman Bryce Dubee said in a statement that King could face future action from the Army but for now the focus is on his "well-being and privacy."
King will be flown to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, where he will go through the military s reintegration process used to re-acclimate Americans who have been detained overseas, two U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News. Typically that process takes place at Brooke Army Medica
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