LOS ANGELES (AP) — Days after an Islamic extremist group beheaded an American journalist, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer condemned Friday the “brutal and barbaric murder” of James Foley and labeled the Islamic State a “worldwide threat” that must be stopped.
The California Democrat said in Los Angeles that the U.S. will continue to not pay ransoms to rescue citizens held by militant organizations — something which European governments have done to bring kidnapped nationals home.
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