Mark Kirk: “The cost of the deal as described is acceptable, and we should be mitigating against that.”

I am dismayed that... not once did the Administration ever share that this was a pending item and/or that it was in the midst of a potential negotiation.

When Rouhani and his folks are sitting there with $1.7 billion in their jeans, it can be made very much worth their while.

I am always concerned about what our policy is in the world as it relates to how we deal with achieving the release of hostages.

This is one of the gravest threats facing our national security and the security of our allies.