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On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
So if the cash had not landed, the Americans would not have been released but we should not understand that to be a ransom payment.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey discusses the implications of cash payments related to American detainees in Iran.

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