Who was US President at the time when a rescue plan for Kayla Mueller was sent to the White House for approval on June 26, 2014? On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. 
January 20, 2017: Leaving office How long did it take for the rescue plan to be implemented? Hostage rescue raid came too late: The president waited nearly a month before giving the go-ahead for a daring bid to free western hostages including James Foley How long did it take for the rescue plan to be implemented? The U.S. government obtained intelligence on the possible location of American captives held by ISIS in Syria last year, but Obama administration officials waited nearly a month to launch a rescue mission because of concerns that the intelligence wasn't conclusive and some of it had come from a foreign service, U.S. and British officials told The Daily Beast. What was the issue of the source of the intelligence that delayed tactics? The intelligence on where the hostages are was provided by a foreign intelligence partner and the White House doesn't give the green light, hoping to confirm and bolster the foreign intelligence before sending in troops, according to a counterterrorism official. What happened around July 4, 2014? Approximately July 4, 2014: The White House gives the go-ahead for the special operations forces rescue operation, though a counterterrorism official told ABC News the foreign intelligence on the hostages' location never got any better. The special operations team is able to sneak to the target deep inside Syria, but finds a "dry hole" -- no hostages are there. DNA evidence shows Kayla had been there, and later President Obama said the raid missed the hostages by one or two days since they had all been moved elsewhere. When was  Kayla Mueller captured by ISIS? Aug. 4, 2013:... over the next four months, Kayla is believed to have been kept in a series of ad hoc ISIS detention centers, where she is accused of being a spy and abused.

Aug. 30, 2013: Kayla's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, receive a 10-second proof-of-life video showing Kayla in captivity. When did Kayla Mueller's parent first receive proof that she was alive? Aug. 30, 2013: Kayla's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, receive a 10-second proof-of-life video showing Kayla in captivity.
When Joe Biden was US vice-president they took a month to act on information that might have saved Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian worker held hostage and sexually abused by the Islamic State terrorist group
Who was US President at the time when a rescue plan for Kayla Mueller was sent to the White House for approval on June 26, 2014? On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. 
January 20, 2017: Leaving office How long did it take for the rescue plan to be implemented? Hostage rescue raid came too late: The president waited nearly a month before giving the go-ahead for a daring bid to free western hostages including James Foley How long did it take for the rescue plan to be implemented? The U.S. government obtained intelligence on the possible location of American captives held by ISIS in Syria last year, but Obama administration officials waited nearly a month to launch a rescue mission because of concerns that the intelligence wasn't conclusive and some of it had come from a foreign service, U.S. and British officials told The Daily Beast. What was the issue of the source of the intelligence that delayed tactics? The intelligence on where the hostages are was provided by a foreign intelligence partner and the White House doesn't give the green light, hoping to confirm and bolster the foreign intelligence before sending in troops, according to a counterterrorism official. What happened around July 4, 2014? Approximately July 4, 2014: The White House gives the go-ahead for the special operations forces rescue operation, though a counterterrorism official told ABC News the foreign intelligence on the hostages' location never got any better. The special operations team is able to sneak to the target deep inside Syria, but finds a "dry hole" -- no hostages are there. DNA evidence shows Kayla had been there, and later President Obama said the raid missed the hostages by one or two days since they had all been moved elsewhere. When was  Kayla Mueller captured by ISIS? Aug. 4, 2013:... over the next four months, Kayla is believed to have been kept in a series of ad hoc ISIS detention centers, where she is accused of being a spy and abused.

Aug. 30, 2013: Kayla's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, receive a 10-second proof-of-life video showing Kayla in captivity. When did Kayla Mueller's parent first receive proof that she was alive? Aug. 30, 2013: Kayla's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, receive a 10-second proof-of-life video showing Kayla in captivity.

Based on the question-answer pairs above what can we conclude about the claim "When Joe Biden was US vice-president they took a month to act on information that might have saved Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian worker held hostage and sexually abused by the Islamic State terrorist group"?

Options: 

 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough evidence

 - conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
supported
Who was US President at the time when a rescue plan for Kayla Mueller was sent to the White House for approval on June 26, 2014? On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. 
January 20, 2017: Leaving office How long did it take for the rescue plan to be implemented? Hostage rescue raid came too late: The president waited nearly a month before giving the go-ahead for a daring bid to free western hostages including James Foley How long did it take for the rescue plan to be implemented? The U.S. government obtained intelligence on the possible location of American captives held by ISIS in Syria last year, but Obama administration officials waited nearly a month to launch a rescue mission because of concerns that the intelligence wasn't conclusive and some of it had come from a foreign service, U.S. and British officials told The Daily Beast. What was the issue of the source of the intelligence that delayed tactics? The intelligence on where the hostages are was provided by a foreign intelligence partner and the White House doesn't give the green light, hoping to confirm and bolster the foreign intelligence before sending in troops, according to a counterterrorism official. What happened around July 4, 2014? Approximately July 4, 2014: The White House gives the go-ahead for the special operations forces rescue operation, though a counterterrorism official told ABC News the foreign intelligence on the hostages' location never got any better. The special operations team is able to sneak to the target deep inside Syria, but finds a "dry hole" -- no hostages are there. DNA evidence shows Kayla had been there, and later President Obama said the raid missed the hostages by one or two days since they had all been moved elsewhere. When was  Kayla Mueller captured by ISIS? Aug. 4, 2013:... over the next four months, Kayla is believed to have been kept in a series of ad hoc ISIS detention centers, where she is accused of being a spy and abused.

Aug. 30, 2013: Kayla's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, receive a 10-second proof-of-life video showing Kayla in captivity. When did Kayla Mueller's parent first receive proof that she was alive? Aug. 30, 2013: Kayla's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller, receive a 10-second proof-of-life video showing Kayla in captivity.

Based on the question-answer pairs above what can we conclude about the claim "When Joe Biden was US vice-president they took a month to act on information that might have saved Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian worker held hostage and sexually abused by the Islamic State terrorist group"?

Options: 

 - supported

 - refuted

 - not enough evidence

 - conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking
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supported
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