WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The Obama administration strongly believes missing American journalist Austin Tice is alive in Syria, Sen. John Cornyn said on Friday.
Tice, a freelance journalist, disappeared while reporting in Syria on Aug. 14, 2012, but Sen. Cornyn, R-Texas, said Presidential Envoy for hostage affairs James C. O'Brien has "high confidence" he is still alive.