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Held, there is nothing more important on the planet than bringing that person home as quickly and as safely as possible. the white house has a few other interests to balance. they want to bring home americans. they want to make sure that the families know that they're doing everything they can but they have to make sure they're not raising so much attention they're going to have to make concessions that are harmful to the foreign policy and the national interests of the united states. and so in an ideal world, all of the families would feel that they're being cared for by the u.s. government, ...

A fellow in u.s. policy and international security at dartmouth college. danielle, good to see you. so in a recent article, you wrote that hostage diplomacy will likely be a more prevalent threat to the security of western countries. what do you mean by that? >> hostage diplomacy is when foreign governments use their criminal justice system to take hostages. essentially, they arrest foreigners under the color and guise of law, but the intension is always to use them for foreign policy leverage. so when we look at the case of brittney griner and other americans held in russia, if venezuela, in ...

Brittney Griner should be getting public sympathy and support as she is detained by Russia and facing trial. Instead, she has faced unfair criticism.

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Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer, is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States.