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Washington mdash; U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was fatally injured during the January 6 pro-Trump violent riots, was recognized by congressional leaders Wednesday as a peacekeeper who was caught in the wrong place on the wrong time, as helay in honor in the Capitol Rotunda.While the Capitol building is closed to members of the public because of thecoronavirus pandemic, members of the Capitol Police and lawm
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stanley cup . Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and other congressional leaders from both parties also attended the ceremony. A peacekeeper, not only in duty, but in spirit, Schumer said of Sicknick, reflecting on his military and law enforcement career. Talk to his colleagues, and they will tell you that Brian was a kind and humble man, with profound inner strength, the quiet rock of his unit. Sicknick, he continued, was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and on a day when peace was shattered. That Brian and his family were made to pay such a high price for his devoted service in the Capitol was a senseless tragedy, one that we are still grappling with, Schumer said. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a portrait of late Capitol Police officer Brian Sic Afbd Legionnaires disease outbreak looms over Disneyland
WASHINGTON -- The parents of a missing journalist detained in Syria and the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders are calling on the White House to help bring the journalist home safely.Marc and Debra Tice a
hoka nnounced Thursday they are taking part in meetings for a White House policy review on how to handle hostage cases. Austin Tice of Houston disappeared in August 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. Tice is a former Marine who has reported for The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers, The Associated Press, CBS and other outlets.
salomon Parents of kidnapped American journalist Austin Tice speak out 10:31 Tice was one of the few journalists reporting from Damascus when he vanished. A video released weeks after his capture has been the only sign of him since. Unlike American journalists James Foley and Stephen Sotloff, who were beheaded last year by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS , Tice is not believed to be held by the militant group.His parents spoke with CBSN last month about the efforts to free their son, including their personal please to his captors. They said while both the Syrian and U.S. gove
ugg rnments have said they would do everything to get him released, the diplomatic stalemate between the countries means Tice is suspended between
