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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Thursday October 03, 2024 ( 1 items )  

CONGRESSIONAL HOSTAGE TASK FORCE CO-CHAIRS HILL AND STEVENS LEAD LETTER TO STATE DEPARTMENT TO DISINCENTIVIZE HOSTAGE TAKING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Co-Chairs of the Hostage Task Force in the House, led a letter together to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the State Department to develop additional tools to disincentivize wrongful detention, hostage taking, and discourage Americans from traveling to hostile nations. In their letter, Rep. Hill and Rep. Stevens summarize four policy suggestions  more