article_snippet.sent: We focused on making sure that the capabilities of the government was well coordinated," Delaney told CNN on Thursday.
article_snippet.sent: the government is a bureaucracy, and you have to make sure that the government's working.
article_snippet.sent: But for the Weinsteins and the families of other American hostages held by terror groups abroad, the government hasn't always worked well enough -- a frustration that was palpable to the staffers on Capitol Hill who worked to help terror groups.
article_snippet.sent: Unfortunately, the assistance we received from other elements of the U.S. was inconsistent and disappointing over the course of three and a half years," Warren Weinstein said in a statement Thursday.
article_snippet.sent: It's a criticism that has resurfaced as the families of American hostages were killed abroad spoke up and voiced the families of American hostages frustrations with what the families of American hostages characterized as insufficient U.S. government efforts to bring the families of American hostages loved ones home.
article_snippet.sent: And in an interview with CNN later in the day, Delaney strayed away from blaming the Obama administration or people in various U.S. agencies, instead pointing the finger at a disjointed system.
article_snippet.sent: It can be frustrating sometimes, but that's part of the function of our democracy.