Mid 2012?
JULY 2012 : (VP BIDEN’S SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN MEETS WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS) Vice President Bidens national security adviser met with Iranian officials as far back as the summer of 2012, a new report reveals. Jake Sullivan secretly traveled to Oman in July 2012 to meet with Iranian officials, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. This would mark one of the earliest in-person meetings the U.S. held with Iran in recent years. Sullivan joined the State Department in 2009 and served under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as deputy chief of staff for policy. Although he moved to the White House in February, he continued to partake in backchannel discussions with Iran. The AP... —— Ex-Clinton aide secretly met with Iranian officials in summer 2012, The Hill ^ | 12/24/13 | Rebecca Shabad
And the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare was in May or June of 2012.