The Obama administration has been looking at new ways to handle such situations after taking criticism, including from the family of Warren Weinstein, an American hostage who was killed in a U.S. strike while being held by al Qaeda.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by Emily Stephenson; Editing by Susan Heavey)White House says will have details soon on hostage policy changes
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