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.

Twice before, the Biden administration had turned down requests by the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs to meet ...

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 ...

Hostage-taking is a biblical plague that continues to this moment. Roger Carstens greets freed hostages in 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/AFP via Getty Images) (JONATHAN ERNST via Getty Images) ...

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 ...

In “Take No Prisoners,” director Adam Ciralsky and Subrata De were given unprecedented access to America’s former top hostage negotiator, Roger Carstens, as he battles to free L.A. public ...

The first U.S. diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad's ouster earlier this month are in Damascus to hold talks with the country's new leadership.

Carstens acknowledges that more needs to be done and vows that the US government is continuing the search for Tice and other Americans, in tandem with Syria’s new Islamist administration.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and Roger Carstens, the U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs, led the delegation, which met with members of Hay’at ...