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On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
By providing the Iranian regime with $1.7 billion worth of nearly untraceable foreign cash without the knowledge of Congress, the Obama administration has put American families at risk.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson criticizes the Obama administration for a cash transfer to Iran that risks American safety.

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