“The Trump administration is expected to issue an executive order as early as Friday establishing a designation for state sponsors of wrongful detention, in a move that would allow the U.S. to punish countries that illegally detain U.S. nationals or take them hostage,” CBS News reports.
Trump to Punish Countries Wrongfully Detaining Americans
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