WASHINGTON _ Eight senators are asking the White House to continue efforts to bring home missing journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared while reporting in Syria more than six years ago.
The Trump administration appointed an envoy for hostage affairs, Robert C. O'Brien, who has been working on the case, and President Donald Trump has spoken directly with Tice's family about the efforts to bring him back.
A letter signed by Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Tuesday _ along with two other Republicans and four Democrats _ urges the White House to "pursue every possible avenue" to release Tice, who "we believe has been held captive in Syria for six years."
