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Hillary Clinton also rejected an official report by the North Korean news agency that said Bill Clinton had delivered an apology about the incident to the country's ailing leader, Kim Jong Il.

"That is not true," Hillary Clinton said. "That did not occur."

SHOOT: Pretty sure The Mighty Kim did demand an apology and Clinton gave it.

clipped from news.yahoo.com He told CBS's "The Early Show," that North Korea "used the two journalists as bargaining chips." Kim "gets a former president on his soil" at a time of turmoil in relations between the two countries. And Washington wins release of the two Americans, and perhaps an easing of tensions. Earlier, Hillary Clinton told reporters that Euna Lee and Laura Ling were "extremely excited" to be on their way home to the United States. They were arrested after allegedly crossing into North Korea from China earlier this year. They had been sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor. The ex-president left North Korea aboard a charter jetliner with Ling and Lee late Tuesday EDT. They flew directly to Los Angeles to reunite the women with their families. "It was just a good day to be able to see this happen," Hillary Clinton said.