08/25/2009
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"Yesterday afternoon, the surviving hostages from the American embassy in Iran learned that this Congress will compensate for them in the omnibus bill we will take up later on this week."
"I think ultimately they will need to come back. They are the ones that need an agreement."
"I think it is a false choice."
"they get sort of the ultimate sanction here, which is, they get to start a nuclear program if they don't like it."