![]() ![]() However, this policy does not preclude engaging in communications with hostage-takers. nationals, thereby interrupting the vicious cycle of hostage-takings, and by helping to deny terrorists and other malicious actors the money, personnel, and other resources they need to conduct attacks against the United States, its nationals, and its interests. nationals and strengthens national security by removing a key incentive for hostage-takers to target U.S. It is United States policy to deny hostage-takers the benefits of ransom, prisoner releases, policy changes, or other acts of concession. But the United States Government will make no concessions to individuals or groups holding U.S. The United States will use every appropriate resource to gain the safe return of U.S. nationals being taken hostage and enhance United States Government preparation to maximize the probability of a favorable outcome following a hostage-taking. The United States Government will strive to counter and diminish the global threat of hostage-taking reduce the likelihood of U.S. The United States Government will work in a coordinated effort to leverage all instruments of national power to recover U.S. nationals taken hostage outside the United States. The United States is committed to achieving the safe and rapid recovery of U.S. This policy will thereby further important national security and foreign policy interests by strengthening the protections for U.S. nationals are isolated from friendly support. It also reaffirms the United States Government's personnel recovery policy, which seeks to prevent, prepare for, and respond to hostage-takings and other circumstances in which U.S. hostages held abroad, and to significantly enhance engagement with hostages' families. It establishes processes to enable consistent implementation of the policies set forth in this directive, to ensure close interagency coordination in order to employ all appropriate means to recover U.S. nationals and other specified individuals abroad. ![]() The policy directs a renewed, more agile United States Government response to hostage-takings of U.S. This Presidential Policy Directive (PPD), including its classified annex, supersedes and revokes NSPD-12, United States Citizens Taken Hostage Abroad, dated February 18, 2002, along with Annex 1 and Appendix A to NSPD-12, dated December 4, 2008. The United States Government's response to hostage-takings must evolve with this ever-changing landscape. They also utilize sophisticated networks and tactics to derive financial, propaganda, and recruitment benefits from hostage-taking operations. Increasingly, hostage-takers target private citizens - including journalists and aid workers - as well as Government officials. Hostage-takers frequently operate in unstable environments that challenge the ability of the United States Government and its partners and allies to operate effectively. The 21st century has witnessed a significant shift in hostage-takings by terrorist organizations and criminal groups abroad. ![]() Nationals Taken Hostage Abroad and Personnel Recovery Efforts
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