的父母凯拉·穆勒在共和党全国代表大会上，一名被伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国俘虏、折磨和杀害的人道主义工作者向他们的女儿颁发了感人的奖状，呼吁美国人“像凯拉一样坚强。”
26岁的凯拉·穆勒(Kayla Mueller)于2013年8月3日在土耳其执行人道主义任务，当时ISIS在她穿越叙利亚边境去医院就诊时绑架了她。2015年2月，美国官员证实，她在被伊斯兰国关押期间死亡，但她的尸体一直没有找到。
周四晚上，凯拉的母亲玛莎·穆勒在一段录音中说:“无论凯拉走到哪里，人们都会微笑。”“凯拉有一种通过别人的眼睛看世界的天赋。”
她的父亲卡尔·米勒讲述了她被伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国扣为人质时面临的状况----被单独监禁，遭受伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国领导人阿布·巴克尔·巴格达迪的酷刑和强奸。
卡尔穆勒说:“她忍受了18个月。”“我们在奥巴马政府和伊斯兰国之间经历了痛苦的反复。”我们对政府充满信心。”
“但是，”他说，“我们的政府让我们失望了。”
共和党全国代表大会
2020年8月27日，在2020年共和党全国代表大会上，卡尔和玛莎·穆勒(Kayla Mueller)的父母在录音片段中发言。
Carl Mueller指责奥巴马政府“把政策隐藏得太深，以至于当他们阻止我们通过谈判挽救Kayla的生命时，我们感到绝望。”他说，他们还没有收到民主党总统候选人和副总统乔·拜登的来信。
在2015年2月穆勒去世的消息公布后，拜登在推特上写道:“被凯拉·穆勒的生活深深打动。”我们的国家比任何敌人都强大。”
巴拉克·奥巴马总统告诉BuzzFeed2015年，他的政府“投入了大量资源”来拯救穆勒，亚利桑那州众议员保罗·戈萨尔对此进行了详细描述在接受《亚利桑那共和报》采访时当她被宣布死亡时。
当总统唐纳德·特朗普2019年10月，在叙利亚的一次军事袭击后，他宣布了巴格达迪的死讯提到穆勒的名字，称她为“美丽的年轻女子”，她在试图“帮助别人”时死去
卡尔·穆勒说，他们将这次任务命名为“凯拉·穆勒行动”，在她8月14日生日之后，操作人员称自己为“814特遣部队”。
卡尔穆勒说:“特朗普团队给了我们从未从奥巴马政府得到的同情。”“奥巴马政府表示正在尽一切努力。特朗普政府实际上是。”
共和党全国代表大会
2020年8月27日，在2020年共和党全国代表大会上，卡尔和玛莎·穆勒(Kayla Mueller)的父母在录音片段中发言。
他继续说:“让我只是说:凯拉应该在这里。”"如果凯拉被抓时唐纳德·特朗普是总统，她今天就会在这里。"
玛莎·米勒(Marsha Mueller)分享了她女儿的一封信，信中称另一名人质被偷运出境，信中的一部分写道:“我不会崩溃，无论要花多长时间，我都不会屈服。”
玛莎米勒说:“凯拉教我的东西和她妈妈教的一样多。”“她还在教我们。”
Parents of slain ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller honor daughter with moving address at RNC
The parents ofKayla Mueller, a humanitarian worker who was held captive, tortured and killed by ISIS, honored their daughter at the Republican National Convention with a moving testimonial that called on Americans to "stay strong like Kayla."
Kayla Mueller, 26, was on a humanitarian mission in Turkey on Aug. 3, 2013, when ISIS kidnapped her after crossing the Syrian border to visit a hospital. In February 2015, U.S. officials confirmed that she had died while in ISIS custody, but her body was never recovered.
"Everywhere Kayla went, people smiled," her mother, Marsha Mueller, said Thursday night during a recorded segment. "Kayla had a gift to be able to see the world through someone else’s eyes."
Her father, Carl Mueller, recounted the conditions she faced while held hostage by ISIS -- living in solitary confinement, tortured and raped by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS.
"For 18 months, she endured," Carl Mueller said. "And we endured an agonizing back-and-forth between us, the Obama administration and ISIS. We put all our faith in the government."
"But," he said, "our government let us down."
Carl and Marsha Mueller, parents of Kayla Mueller, speak in a recorded segment during the 2020 Republican National Convention, Aug. 27, 2020.
Carl Mueller charged that the Obama administration "hid behind policy so much that we felt hopeless when they kept us from negotiating to save Kayla’s life." He said they have not heard from Democratic presidential nominee, and then vice president, Joe Biden.
Biden did memorialize Mueller after her death was announced in February 2015, writing on Twitter, "Deeply moved by the life of Kayla Mueller. Our nation is stronger than any enemy can understand."
President Barack Obamatold BuzzFeedin 2015 his administration "devoted enormous resources" to rescuing Mueller, some detailed by Arizona Rep. Paul Gosarin an interview with The Arizona Republicwhen she was pronounced dead.
When PresidentDonald Trumpannounced the death of al-Baghdadi in October 2019, following a military raid in Syria, hementioned Mueller by name, calling her a "beautiful young woman" who died while trying to "help people."
Carl Mueller said they named the mission Operation Kayla Mueller, and the operators called themselves Task Force 814, after her birthday, Aug. 14.
"The Trump team gave us empathy we never received from the Obama administration," Carl Mueller said. "The Obama administration said it was doing everything it could. The Trump administration actually is."
Carl and Marsha Mueller, parents of Kayla Mueller, speak in a recorded segment during the 2020 Republican National Convention, Aug. 27, 2020.
"Let me just say this: Kayla should be here," he continued. "If Donald Trump had been president when Kayla was captured, she would be here today."
Marsha Mueller shared a letter from her daughter that another hostage smuggled out, part of which said, "I am not breaking down and I will not give in no matter how long it takes."
"Kayla taught me so many things as her mom," Marsha Mueller said. "She’s still teaching us."
