A Tennessee mother’s decision to send her seven-year-old adopted son back to his native Russia sparks outrage here and abroad. The challenges of international adoptions.

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  • Thomas DiFilipo President and C.E.O. of Joint Council on International Children's Services
  • Janice Goldwater Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization Adoptions Together. Since 1990 the agency has been settling children in permanent, loving families and providing a full spectrum of supportive services to keep families strong. She is began her career as a social worker as a marriage and family therapist before moving into child welfare in 1984.
  • Jane Aronson Pediatrician who specializes in adoption medicine and orphaned children. She is also the founder and C.E.O. of Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO). WWO is an international organization dedicated to transforming the lives of orphaned children worldwide by addressing their unique needs through medical, developmental, psychosocial and educational programs.

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