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Retained. some of these listed at m.i.a.s or k.i.a.s and we also know someone did survive. for instance, major sam logan, air force. shot down september 1950. the soviets actually showed a video of logan alive near the wreckage of his plane. and he was listed as m.i.a. he should have been listed as a prisoner of war. and other evidence indicating that logan survived. we don't know how many americans are still alive. maybe they're all dead. one thing we have not gotten, we haven't gotten defense department under any administration to pursue this with the vigor necessary, because there is firm e...

And mentioned this in conversations to u.s. official. now, of course, 55 fewer. the pentagon estimates there's 5 52 -- 5300 sets in north korean and the official number is over 7,000 and the number of americans who are missing. and we know some are mischaracterized, they're not missing, they're prisoners of war. we have incontrovertible evidence that some were not returned at the armistice. and estimate 800 to a thousand americans were not returned. so, that's the-- >> so, they were alive, but prisoners? >> they were alive. yes, we have evidence-- >> will they be in their 80's today? >> some w...

By the way, if there are american p.o.w.'s alive, they're alive probably in china or in russia because the soviets took a lot of them for basically intel purposes. so, you know, logan would be close to a hundred. but there are others 85 or so. and yesterday on america's news room, you guys were interviewing a korean war veteran, he was 85 and he looked-- >> you just mentioned it here. how do we deal with that? what do we do to get to the bottom of that? >> we have to put maximum pressure on the north koreans and the chinese and russians. we have the leverage to do that. we have never put p.o.w...

Koreans kept american pows. there are reports of sightings of americans in korea, china and russia. but american families want answers. american diplomats need to ask their counterparts what they know. eric: the issue of the remains is part of the process. but has this subject of possible pows been brought up in the talks? >> i don't think so. but there is a video of a u.s. air force pilot sam logan. it's widely available. every time an american official meets a russian or chinese counterpart the first thing out of his or her mouth, it should be what do you know about sam

the meeting is being called to record. item one is roll call. >> commissioner adams? here. commissioner white, when isinger dooley. >> dwight. >> o'brien. >> ortiz-cartagena. >> rilely? she had a prior commitment. i would like to ask the members of the public to silence or turn off all cell phones or portable device and we would like to take this opportunity to thank sfgov tv and the media to all media services for the continued support of our meetings. >> to move on to item number two, mr. president. >> yes. commissioners, you are now in item number two, presentation of the small bu...