Barack Obama: “The one thing that we have held to is a policy of not paying ransoms…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2015

The one thing that we have held to is a policy of not paying ransoms with an organization like ISIL.

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President Obama explains the U.S. policy against paying ransoms to ISIS to avoid incentivizing future kidnappings.

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Barack Obama: “The one thing that we have held to is a policy of not paying ransoms with an organization like ISIL.”