Posted on 05/19/2016 1:04:15 PM PDT by Nachum
The Obama administration will not commit to halting its effort to help Iran access the U.S. dollar, despite past commitments to do so, according to a new congressional inquiry obtained by the Washington Free Beacon into the Treasury Department’s refusal to uphold its promises.
Leading senators are threatening to block all consideration of Treasury Department nominees until the administration ends its bid “to enable Iranian access to U.S. dollars” throughout the international financial system, according to a letter sent Thursday to the Treasury Department by Sens. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Mark Kirk (R., Ill.).
Potential Iranian access to the U.S. dollar has caused friction between Congress and the Obama administration, which initially vowed during negotiations with Iran that such a move was out of the question.
However, senior administration officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, have publicly sought to encourage Europeans to reengage in business with the Islamic Republic following last summer’s comprehensive nuclear agreement.
“We want to make it clear that legitimate business, which is clear under the definition of the agreement, is available to banks,” Kerry said in London last week.
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Why would he diss his friends?
Well, they and the senators except for one gave Iran $150 billion dollars.
They want to make this happen. We all know where it’s going.
Imam zero,and all democrats and rino’s WANT THEM TO have money!
They WANT the US to get nuked and islam to rule as it is one world government ruled by the caliphate.
Iran has been making US dollars since the 70 s.
They already had easy access.
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