I feel very strongly that I would have, as secretary of state, first and foremost, the priority of making sure that our personnel, wherever they are, are safe and secure but very high up in the--in a hierarchy of things that I need to be responsible for, doing everything we possibly can to bring any American home who is being unjustly detained anywhere in the world who is a hostage, including in Iran.
Blinken emphasizes the importance of securing the release of unjustly detained Americans.
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