White House defends deadly Yemen hostage mission

Name: White House defends deadly Yemen hostage mission
Uploaded: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: P175S
Description: The White House said American officials had not known about efforts to win the freedom of South African school teacher Pierre Korkie before a failed U.S. commando raid to rescue Korkie and the American photographer Luke Somers from al-Qaida captors in Yemen. Judy Woodruff reports.

Clip: 12/08/2014 | 2m 55s

The White House said American officials had not known about efforts to win the freedom of South African school teacher Pierre Korkie before a failed U.S. commando raid to rescue Korkie and the American photographer Luke Somers from al-Qaida captors in Yemen. Judy Woodruff reports.

Aired: 12/08/14

Expired: 12/31/69

Rating: NR

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White House defends deadly Yemen hostage mission

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