Obama On Death Of Hostage Kayla Mueller: U.S. Won’t Change Ransom Policy

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that U.S. policy of not paying ransoms for citizens captured by terror organizations will not change, despite the death of Kayla Jane Mueller, who was held for more than a year by the Islamic State.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who was involved in efforts to retrieve the 26-year-old aid worker, said Monday that he felt “in a way that I’ve failed them, because of what apparently has happened.”

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