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  • Did Obama pay a ransom to Iran for our captured sailors?

    06/02/2016 10:24:27 AM PDT · by MarvinStinson · 31 replies
    americanthinker ^ | June 1, 2016 | Rick Moran
    One day after Iran released 10 sailors they abducted in Iranian territorial waters, the administration released $1.7 billion in taxpayer dollars to Iran, part of a settlement of an old Iranian legal claim and came from a special fund the executive department can tap to pay claims against the US. Or was it ransom paid for the kidnapped sailors? The administration insists timing of the released funds is coincidental. But legislation introduced in Congress would compel the administration to detail whether it paid Iran a $1.7 billion for the hostage release. Lawmakers suspected taxpayer money was used to secure the...