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Harris to return to Washington to welcome Americans freed in prisoner swap, says source

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will return to Washington from Houston to welcome Americans freed in a prisoner swap with Russia, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters on Thursday.

Harris, also the Democratic presidential candidate for November elections, was scheduled to return to Washington after delivering a eulogy at the Celebration of Life Service for late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in Houston.

(This story has been refiled to remove an removes extraneous word in paragraph 1)

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Writing by Ismail Shakil; Editing by Doina Chiacuy)

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