Five years after being kidnapped in Beirut the last of the US hostages had finally come home.

He described the details of the efforts from last year through the current period to gain the release of the U.S. hostages.

That meant negotiating release of U.S. hostages taken before he became president in January 1980.

The Iranian recipients promised to do everything in their power to achieve the release of the U.S. hostages.

He was also the consultant to the Department of State regarding the US hostages in Iran from 1979-1980.

He later signed an intelligence finding that said the shipment was expected to lead to the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon.

Feb. 22, 2011 - Pirates shot dead four U.S. hostages on a yacht.

More recently, this phenomenon has been applied to the attempt to rescue the US hostages in Iran in April 1980.

Skodon departed Iraq in December 1990 after U.S. hostages were released.

It was created by the Algerian accords, which provided for the release of the 52 U.S. hostages seized at our embassy.