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By MICHAEL WILNER | McClatchy Washington Bureau | Published: April 14, 2021 WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) Biden administration diplomats and intelligence officers are operating with the sincere belief that Austin Tice is alive, two U.S. officials told McClatchy on Wednesday, and the group is working daily to free the American journalist who went missing in 2012 while covering the war in Syria. We operate with the sincere belief that Austin is alive and waiting for us to come get him, Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens said. The Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, a team of experts from different government agencies that gathers diplomatic leads and intelligence information together in one place, is pursuing the Tice case.
we have every reason to believe he s reasonably well. and so, you know, we continue to press that there s every reason to do everything possible, keep doing everything possible to bring him home. i know there were times in the first two years since he went missing that you felt the u.s. government was not responsive enough. now the state department says this case has the attention of the highest levels of the u.s. government. are you feeling that today? and what are your expectations as the obama administration transitions and the trump administration takes over? well, since the presidential directive establishing the hostage recovery fusion and presidential government has changed so amazingly, it s