03/03/2015
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"This was Iran's money. The Shah sent $400 million in the 1970s. We held on to it."
"I would point out that in an emergency situation, Congress could meet and authorize a payment as quickly as we could vote."
"It never hurts to reiterate our policy against paying ransom."
"I think that if we wait until post-election, where we can sit in calm fashion and talk to our State Department and diplomats, et cetera, then we will be in a climate where we can resolve this issue in..."