President Joe Biden has called on the government of Syria to release abducted American journalist Austin Tice.
In a statement issued on the tenth anniversary of Austin Tice's captivity, President Biden said there is no higher priority in his Administration than the recovery and return of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
"This week marks a decade since American Austin Tice was abducted in Damascus, Syria. Austin served in the United States Marine Corps. He is a son, he is a brother, and he is an investigative journalist who put the truth above himself and traveled to Syria to show the world the real cost of war. We know with certainty that he has been held by the Government of Syria," the statement said.
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