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On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
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.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson announces compensation for surviving hostages from the Iranian embassy incident.

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