State Dept. Spox: U.S. Courts Best to Handle Cases for American Citizens and Military

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NAUERT: "The U.S. Government believes that U.S. courts, that U.S. courts as it pertains to our citizens, whether it be our civilians or our military, those cases are best handled in the U.S. judicial system. We don't believe that there's any higher authority as it pertains to Americans than our Supreme Court, than our own judicial system here at home. Now to your question— let me finish. Now, to your question about what is the appropriate venue to handle some of these very, very delicate cases that we watched closely and are passionate about. There are different kinds of venues that are options. We have seen in the past where tribunals have been held, where tribunals have been held in The Hague, for example, but not necessarily in one's home country. I'm not going to get ahead of some of the conversations that are being had here at the State Department and with the UN and others, but it's something that we will certainly take a very close look at what we believe to be the best venue for handling and adjudicating some of those cases. Matt, I can't— I'm not in the position to make policy here, I'm sure you'd like me to be right here, right now but that is not my job, that's not my proper role. But the U.S. Government, I can tell you, will take a very close look at what forum, what venue we think is most appropriate for handling these types of very sensitive cases."