US Reviewing Options After Venezuela Fails to Release Detainees
- Maduro misses Nov. 30 deadline begin releasing Americans
- White House NSC spokesman says US is ‘extremely concerned’
Nicolas Maduro
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The White House is evaluating potential consequences after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro missed an end-of-November deadline to release detained Americans, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Sunday.
“We were extremely concerned that they didn’t take those two extra steps — release of political prisoners and getting our wrongfully detained Americans home,” Kirby said on CBS’ Face the Nation. “That’s something we take very seriously, getting those folks home, and we’re going to keep at it.”