Posted on 09/12/2014 9:51:23 PM PDT by plain talk
The U.S. government Friday defended its handling of James Foley's case after the slain journalist's mother told CNN that officials suggested the family could be charged if they tried to raise money to free him. Saying everything possible had been done to bring the journalist home, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters officials worked very closely with Foley's family and with his employer, GlobalPost CEO Philip Balboni.
"Any advice that this department or other departments give to the families about what they should do in these situations is based solely on what is best for returning their loved one home, period," Harf said during a sometimes testy exchange with reporters. "Any accusation to the contrary is flatly wrong."
"It's part of our job to help the family understand what our laws are about ... " she said. "But this department would never, and did not ever, intend to, nor do we think we ever did anything that we would consider threatening" the family over a possible ransom.
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He was in Vietnam,what he did while there could hardly be described as service.
Didn’t he serve in Viet Nam?
yes about 4 months in the hold of a boat...
cutting himself and applying bandaids...
taking pictures and applying for medals...
padding his Resume.
Thus spake the idiot Valley Girl.
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