I have directed that no further sales of arms of any kind be sent to Iran.
I believe the circumstances warranted.
I was not breaking any law in doing that.
The responsibility for the decision and the operation is mine and mine alone.
Any other shipments by third countries were not authorized by the U.S. Government.
All of the shipments of the token amounts of defensive arms and parts that I have authorized or condoned taken in total ...
No, and I believe that I've answered that question, I think, more than once here.
It's a strange situation.
I know some persist in saying that we traded Zakharov for Daniloff.
There was no deception intended by us.
I understand this decision is deeply controversial and that some profoundly disagree with what was done.
We did not condone and do not condone the shipment of arms from other countries.
There was a third country involved in our secret project with Iran.
Those are the weapons that people in their mind can picture someone pushes a button and lots of places blow up.
Believe me, that's about as hypothetical a question as anyone could imagine.
In foreign policy the presence of risks alone cannot be reason enough not to act.
I don't see where the Ayatollah could be a logical target for an antiaircraft missile.
I can never mention aloud—the situation still is—the names of those 10 brave women—because most of them are still in tha...
