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State Department apologizes after ‘RIP’ tweet for captives believed to be alive
Fox News ^ | January 7, 2015

Posted on 01/07/2015 5:54:13 AM PST by don-o

A State Department agency had to apologize after incorrectly suggesting on Twitter that several captives held by terror groups around the world are dead -- when they are believed to be alive.

The tweet was posted at the beginning of the month on the Twitter feed for the department's Think Again, Turn Away anti-terrorism campaign.

It featured a collage of individuals and said: "Entering 2015, taking time to honor some of terror's many victims of 2014 and their families -- RIP."

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Amateur Hour at Foggy Bottom.
1 posted on 01/07/2015 5:54:13 AM PST by don-o
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They’re all such idiots.


2 posted on 01/07/2015 5:57:56 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: don-o

Or else they let the cat out of the bag


3 posted on 01/07/2015 6:01:44 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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To: don-o

Probably those two Ditzy girls....Harf the Barf and the other one.


4 posted on 01/07/2015 6:09:05 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: don-o

What children.


5 posted on 01/07/2015 6:13:02 AM PST by moovova
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To: don-o

This is what happens when we run the State Dept on Twitter and FaceBook. Amateur hour, indeed!!


6 posted on 01/07/2015 6:34:54 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: don-o

If they are being held by Islamics, they are as good as dead.


7 posted on 01/07/2015 6:58:09 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Didn’t Jen Psaki endorse ‘hashtag diplomacy’?? That is the maturity level of most of those in control of our once great country.


8 posted on 01/07/2015 8:22:58 AM PST by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: don-o

Seriously?! A “RIP” “tweet” from the state dept (no caps deserved)?


9 posted on 01/07/2015 8:24:29 AM PST by uncitizen (2015 Here we come!)
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