President Joe Biden told reporters on Monday he would meet “today” with the parents of American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria 10 years ago.
Austin Tice was covering the Syrian civil war when he vanished en route to Lebanon in 2012. Five weeks later, a video emerged showing him blindfolded and held by armed men. The meeting with his parents, Marc and Debra Tice, is expected to take place at the White House.
Debra Tice was introduced on Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner during an address by CBS News reporter Steven Portnoy.
“Mr. President, at table 48 tonight is a woman named Deborah Tice,” Portnoy said. “Mrs. Tice, would you please stand? Now, Mrs. Tice’s son, Austin, is a colleague of ours at The Washington Post at McClatchy and at CBS. And he should be here with us tonight, but he’s been held captive in Syria since 2012.”
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