UPDATE 3 10 p.m. -- Shortly after the senator finished speaking, Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley explained the decision in a short phone interview with the Huffington Post.
I had merely phoned the Kremlin's urbane, English-speaking spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, and asked if he had a reaction.
Al-Qaida has used Gadahn as its chief English-speaking spokesman.
Before Mr. Romney spoke, a spokesman for the gun lobby, Andrew Arulanandam, said it was looking for exactly this kind of statement.
Mr. Roh, speaking through a spokesman, expressed disappointment Thursday.
A palace spokesman, speaking on background, denied that the incident had any significance.
"We fired to warn them," said a Defense Ministry spokesman, speaking on the customary condition of anonymity.
The spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with government policy, said that two people were still missing.
A Taliban spokesman, speaking by telephone, immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks.
"We would only consider a prisoner transfer once all a prisoner's appeal options have been exhausted," said the spokesman, speaking on ground rules of anonymity.
"Because of the ongoing investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment at this time," said Lt. Glenn Miner, a State Police spokesman, speaking on behalf of Mr. Corbitt and Mr. Perez.
