Relatives of U.S. citizens feared to have been taken hostage by Hamas urged the Biden administration Tuesday to help free their loved ones, saying they had yet to receive “formal communication” from the White House. …

The grief-stricken father told NBC News that he and other relatives of U.S. citizens feared to have been captured by Hamas had so far received “no formal communication with the U.S. government.”

“We heard from a person from here in the Tel Aviv Embassy, but beyond taking note that we filled out forms and defined him as missing, there’s been no formal communication to me as an individual or to us as a group communicating what do they know, what do they plan to do,” Chen said.

[It took them this long to get out in front of the war, although the statements and declarations from Biden and the WH were surprisingly strong, considering the nonsense reactions from progressive activists. It’s stunning that they haven’t done more to keep the families informed, though. This is a failure of Crisis Management 101. — Ed]