Mixed feelings about this... I don't think she should have even been there, with the wars going on all around her, but I do think our "government" should have tried to do something besides sitting back "twiddling their thumbs"

Read the Last Letter Kayla Mueller Sent to Her Family
"My heart longs to be with you all as... I have never felt before" Kayla Mueller's words in a haunting last letter to her family.

Updated at 9:09 AM EST on Monday, Feb 23, 2015

Kayla Mueller, the U.S. aid worker killed while in ISIS custody, wrote a letter to her family saying: "I DO NOT want the negotiations for my release to be your duty, if there is any other option take it, even if it takes more time." The family shared a second letter exclusively with “Today” in which the 26-year-old wrote: “Give your suffering to the Lord, let our creator support you. Continue to pray, by God I feel your love and your prayers.” It is the last letter they received from Kayla while in captivity.

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So, it's OK to negotiate with terrorists for a known deserter, but NOT for an innocent young girl there doing charity work

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Feb 23, 2015 · The Obama administration’s swap of five Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo Bay for accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl may have doomed any hope Kayla Mueller’s family had for working out a deal with ISIS, the murdered aid worker’s family said in an interview.