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(CNN)After five months of detention in North Korea, Jeffrey Fowle arrived home in Ohio early Wednesday for an emotional reunion with his family.

Stepping off the plane at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and onto the tarmac, he was embraced by family members, including his three children.

"It's a good sign that the North Koreans released this man unconditionally," former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson told CNN's "New Day." "They usually demand a price."

Richardson has helped negotiate the release of prisoners in the past, including from North Korea.

Pyongyang's move is "a signal to the U.S. that says, 'All right, let's start talking,' " and perhaps restart nuclear negotiations, he said.

'Fig leaf' statement

A North Korean government official told CNN that Fowle was released after leader Kim Jong Un issued a "special dispensation."

"Comrade Kim Jong Un, the First Chairman of the National Defence Commission, in deference to agreement between the Supreme Leaders of the DPRK and the US, granted a special dispensation for the American Jeffrey Edward Fowle, who was being indicted, to be released after his case had been dismissed," an emailed statement read.

Former White House spokesman Jay Carney called the statement "a fig leaf."

Kim needed to free Fowle "to try to thaw relations a little bit, and he needs to pin it on the United States," said Carney, who is now a CNN commentator.

The Obama administration, for which Carney was the spokesman, continues to "press very hard" for the release of Americans being held in North Korea, as previous administrations did, he said.

1. What did Jay Carney call the statement?
2. What was Carney's previous job?
3. For who?
4. What does Carney do now?
5. What happened with Jeffrey Fowle?
6. For how long?
7. When did he get home?
8. Where was that?
9. Does he have family?
10. How many kids?
11. Did the North Koreans require a price?
12. Who said that was positive?
13. What news source did he talk to?
1. a fig leaf
2. White House spokesman
3. The Obama administration
4. he's a CNN commentator
5. he served detention in North Korea
6. five months
7. early Wednesday
8. Ohio
9. yes
10. three
11. no
12. former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson
13. CNN's "New Day"