Republican National Convention 2020: Donald Trump to Appear at RNC with 6 Former Hostages

Washington, Aug 25: President Donald Trump will appear at the opening night of the Republican National Convention in a taped video with six former hostages freed during the Trump administration.

A campaign official said Monday that the former prisoners are among more than a dozen religious or other people whose release the Trump administration helped broker. They are Michael White, Sam Goodwin, Pastor Andrew Brunson, Joshua and Tamara Holt, and Pastor Bryan Nerran.

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The convention is also set to feature a speech from the parents of Kayla Mueller, who died while a prisoner of the Islamic State group. White, a Navy veteran, was imprisoned in Iran. Brunson, an evangelical pastor, was imprisoned in Turkey, Goodwin was held in Syria, the Holts in Venezuela and Nerran in India.

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Trump has championed his hostage release program, which was led for years by now-national security adviser Robert O'Brien.

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