Austin Tice was kidnapped in Syria in 2012; mother Debra Tice provides an update
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PETE! Welcome! Back
its been more than eight years
since journalist and Marine
veteran Austin Tice went missing
in war torn Syria,
the seventh generation Texan was
coverings the situation in
Damascus when he was kidnapped
just three days after his 31st
birthday.
His family is pleading with: U Dot S
officials to make every possible
effort with the syrian
government to bring Austin Home
Austins mother Debra Tice
joins us now with an update
Debra. Thank you. So much for
being with us this morning
were here with a heavy heart. As
I know you have its been eight
years and running,
if you would, will you update
our audience on Austin
what happened, and what do you
know right now?
Well, we have never been
closer to having Austin home.
He was detained in Syria.
Were tremendously grateful for
president trumps commitment to
bring Austin home.
He has both the will and the
ability to get this done.
Mr President, as
commander in chief, we need you
to step in and issue a direct
order to your staff to maximize
the effort and take the
necessary steps to make this
happen.
Hopefully your people have told
you what it takes.
They tell me they need your
orders.
We know you care deeply about
Austin.
We know you can get this done.
We need you to oversee this
until Austin is on his way home.
You know. Pete. President Trump
has one of the strongest records
on bringing american hostages
home. He has made a commitment to
work hard to get Austin Home and
its not too late to keep that
commitment to Austin
his national security adviser.
Right now, Robert Obrien was in
charge of hostage recovery
before he became national
security adviser. He gave an
update on Austin on Monday
Heres a portion of what he
said
its been something I thought
about every day as the hostage
envoy and every day as national
security adviser is how we get
Mark and Debras Son back to
them
every tool, whether through
allies or adversaries,
we are doing everything we can
to get Austin back
like to see him back before he
leaves office. Have you this any
updates information from the
ground? What do you know about
where we might be
earlier? This year, President
Trump sent a letter to syrian
President Bashar Assad appeared.
He publicly asked that the
Syrians work with him on this
issue
thought syrian government is
ready to work with our
government to facilitate
Austins release.
The process was well begun in
September when a delegation met
with syrian officials in
Damascus-
and we are now at a another
moment where President trumps
leadership will make a huge
difference for Austin
PETE. God bless Austin Debra.
We will continue to follow this
case,
and I know we would all love to
see him home soon,
no more, no one more than you.
We want him home for the
Holidays PETE.
Thank you very much.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-21.