Barack Obama actually said...

The reason that we had to give them cash is precisely because we are so strict in maintaining sanctions. We could not wire the money.

Obama explained the necessity of cash payments due to strict sanctions preventing wire transfers.

09/07/2016

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America is, after all, a country of second chances, and this turkey has earned a second chance to live out the rest of his life comfortably ...

My Administration will implement them in a manner that avoids the constitutional conflict.

I am committed to deepen cooperation on multilateral issues.

There are people in our country's history who don't look left or right, they just look straight ahead.