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Eliot Engel: “I was raising questions about this $1.7 billion payment when it was first made, and, quite frankly, not too many of us…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
I was raising questions about this $1.7 billion payment when it was first made, and, quite frankly, not too many of us were focused on it until it was revealed that it was paid in cash.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Concerns over the cash payment to Iran and its implications.

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