Barack Obama actually said...

The making of donations of the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957.

Context

Executive Order 13599—Blocking Property of the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions

02/04/2012

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