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A failed US hostage rescue attempt in Yemen raises more questions about US policy on hostages
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has defended a failed operation to rescue a US hostage in Yemen. Hagel said the intelligence was sound, and so is the policy behind it. But a lot of questions remain over the raid, which ended with the hostage, Luke Somers, and another hostage, South African aid worker Pierre Korkie, getting killed.
