Josh Earnest

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The Obama administration says it will review its policy of not negotiating with terrorists

Global Politics

Most of the Westerners ISIS militants have executed have been either British or American — in large part because the two countries don’t pay ransoms. But the recent execution of another American has prompted the US to at least look at its policy.

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