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Biden wants to bring home America's hostages

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and clean energy at Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and clean energy at Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts.

On Tuesday, President Biden signed an executive order that looks to deter hostage-taking.

Experts say kidnappings and wrongful detainments are a growing problem for U.S. citizens abroad.

What’s more, foreign governments now take more U.S. hostages than both terrorist and militant groups.

Why that is? And what will this order do about it?

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Paige Osburn