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Dan O'Shea recounts helping an Afghan-American named Asad get his extended family out of Kabul, and argues that the promise to leave no one behind was honored by veterans long after the last C-17 left.

Former Navy SEAL Dan O'Shea on Afghan allies, the Abbey Gate anniversary, and the moral obligation America made and hasn't honored.

Guy Talk with Guy Gravino Episode 17: Dan O’Shea, Retired Navy SEAL Commander, expert in hostage rescue, counterinsurgency & unconventional warfare

Former Hostage Working Group coordinator Dan O’Shea discusses the challenges freed Israeli hostages face as they begin their recovery.

A retired Navy Seal commander and hostage negotiator who calls Tampa home is on a new mission to help people understand the greater impacts of "hostage terrorism."

Dan O'Shea on CBS News: What the hostage deal means for both sides

In today’s episode, Marty sits down with Dan O’Shea, retired Navy SEAL commander, former head of the Hostage Working Group in Iraq (22 months), and member of Task Force Pineapple, which helped evacuate at-risk allies after the fall of Kabul. Dan has lived at the center of modern hostage crises — from Al-Qaeda and Iraq to ISIS and Hamas — and brings a hard, unapologetic look at how kidnapping, terror, and weak policy intersect.

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Dan O'Shea on going on the offensive against Iraq's kidnapping rings

Retired Commander and hostage crisis expert Dan O'Shea discusses hostage management, adversarial politics regarding hostage taking, and measures taken during the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian war, in this latest instalment of the Strategic Thinkers Series.

Writing after the burning of a captive Jordanian pilot, Dan O'Shea explains why groups from Boko Haram to ISIS turn hostages into propaganda — and what the al-Qaida kidnapping crisis in Iraq revealed about how the messaging war is actually won.

In this Tampa Tribune op-ed, Dan O'Shea argues that refusing to name the religious ideology motivating the Islamic State and al-Qaida makes them impossible to defeat — drawing on Sun Tzu and his own years in Baghdad and Kabul.

A newspaper account of Dan O'Shea's Navy League presentation on the kidnapping crisis in Iraq — the economics driving it, why journalists became prized targets, and how foreign abductions fell from 40 a month to one during his tenure.

Former hostage negotiator Dan O'Shea joined 'FOX & Friends' to discuss his take on the hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas as the world awaits additional releases.

Former Navy Seal Commander and Hostage Coordinator Daniel O’Shea says the recently released hostage videos from Hamas are “heart-wrenching to watch”.

Dan O'Shea on Hostage Negotiations and Israel-Hamas War

Retired Navy SEAL commander Dan O'Shea joined 'FOX & Friends' to discuss the latest on hostage negotiations as Israel's war against Hamas rages.

Dan O'Shea on CNN: Israeli hostage rescue and the road ahead in Gaza

Dan O'Shea, retired Navy SEAL commander and former hostage negotiator, provides analysis after Hamas released two hostages Monday.

How can the US respond to Hamas' hostages?

Dan O'Shea on Fox Business: Why Hamas is using hostages as leverage

Dan O'Shea lays out the seven-part framework that defines the warrior mindset — leading from the front, clarity of mission, commitment to a higher purpose, and the internal battle against self-doubt that underpins them all.

Writing one month before the 10-year anniversary of September 11, Dan O'Shea reflects on the small fraction of Americans who have shouldered the fight — and asks what the rest of the country owes the families of the fallen.