Alexei Navalny’s death in prison cut short a high-stakes swap pushed by a U.S. diplomat who went rogue.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Roger Carstens, special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Dec. 22, 2024.

Hostage envoy Roger Carstens traveled to Syria Friday, making the first known U.S. in-person contact with the caretaker government, and seeking help in finding missing American Austin Tice.

Former US Marine Paul Whelan revealed the moment his newfound freedom from a Russian prison felt “real” — as he joked that he ...

Months of backchannel negotiations to exchange political prisoners, jailed Americans, and Russian spies were on the brink of success. Then Moscow announced Alexei Navalny was dead ...

Roger Carstens' work over the last five years as the special envoy for hostage affairs has led to the release of American hostages held by other countries. He was also part of the team that ...

Roger Carstens, the Biden administration's top official for freeing Americans held overseas, is in Syria for a high-risk mission: making the first known face-to-face contact with the caretaker ...

Leaf was accompanied by Roger Carstens, the administration’s lead official for hostage negotiations, and former special envoy for Syria Daniel Rubinstein. They spoke by telephone to reporters ...

Carstens acknowledged that Assad had more secret prisons than he expected. “I’ve been rather amazed at the amount of secret prisons that Assad seems to have amassed,” he said.

<p>As President Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, outgoing Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens reportedly flew to Doha with Afghani citizen Khan Mohammed, who had been ...

Roger Carstens, the Biden's administration's top hostage envoy, tells @margbrennan, "I believe that he's alive.” He adds, "our job in the U.S. government is to keep pressing and pressing and ...