WASHINGTON — The mother of abducted journalist Austin Tice said Thursday that the White House has become a “hurdle” to freeing her son from captivity, suggesting that his release was not a priority for the highest levels of the Biden administration.
Debra Tice said she was particularly disappointed with President Joe Biden, who has thus far been unwilling to meet to discuss her son who was abducted in Syria more than nine years ago.
“We have not been able to get a meeting with him,” Debra Tice said at a news conference. “He has never said Austin’s name publicly. And I wonder if he’s allowed himself to forget about Austin. I don’t have any indication otherwise.”
