The parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist abducted in Syria in 2012, tell Axios that Biden committed in an Oval Office meeting on Monday to engage directly with the Assad regime to find a solution that will bring their son home.
Debra and Marc Tice at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2018. Photo: Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images
Debra Tice was prepared to stand up to be recognized during Portnoy's speech, but was caught off guard by what happened shortly after. "Mom, I’d like to meet you and Dad to talk about your son," Biden said in his own remarks, going off script to address her directly.she had heard Biden correctly until she ran into White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer, who was also attending the dinner and confirmed to her that his team would work to make the meeting happen.
"He told us that he had contacted people from past administrations that knew about Austin's case to get up to speed and ask them questions about what they thought could be done," Marc Tice said.
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