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U.S. says $400 million payment to Iran was contingent on release of prisoners
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The Obama administration said Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of American prisoners. It is the first time the U.S. has so clearly linked the two events, which critics have painted as a hostage-ransom arrangement. State Department spokesman John Kirby repeated the administration’s…
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May: What does America owe Iran?
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The Islamic Republic’s claims against the U.S. should not outweigh those of Iran’s victims An unmarked cargo plane filled with $400 million in cash lands in Tehran. Four American hostages held by Iran’s rulers are set free. These revelations have sparked two controversies. First: Did the Obama administration pay ransom to the Islamic Republic of Iran,…
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Kerry defends cash payment in wake of Iran deal
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A $400 million pallet of cash delivered to the Iranian government at the same time a complicated nuclear deal was settled and four Americans were released was unrelated and not a ransom, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday. Kerry flatly denied any connection between the cash – and an additional $1.3 billion interest payment…
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The Hot Sheet, August 4, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 145 | AUGUST 04, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Another dawn, a new Hot Sheet prepared just for you. If you’re reading this, you made it through to a new day, presumably healthy and happy. If, however, you are reading this from a hospital…
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May: Obama’s Iran experiment
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As a result of his nuclear deal, concluded a year ago, the regime has not become more moderate A hypothetical question: Suppose the Islamic State wanted to buy some American airplanes, and promised not to use them to support terrorists. Would you be OK with that? I’m guessing not. Now suppose that the Islamic Republic…
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BARTELS: Williams Williams lives up to ideals behind the Truman Scholarship
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Wayne Williams was a junior at Brigham Young University in 1985 when he was awarded a Truman Scholarship, given to students because of their “leadership potential and interest in government and public service.” Did they get it right? Well, Williams would go on to become chairman of the Colorado Springs Housing Authority and the El…
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May: A death in Damascus, a funeral in Beirut
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Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran mourn the loss of a master terrorist Five years ago, during the hopefully named Arab Spring, Syrians staged peaceful protests against the ruling dynasty that had long oppressed them. President Bashar al Assad responded brutally: In May 2011, he sent tanks into the suburbs of Damascus, Deraa, Homs…
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The Hot Sheet, March 17, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 45 | MARCH 17, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Happy St. Patricks Day! Lot’s of phone calls and emails from y’all yesterday. You folks absolutely love The Hot Sheet. It warms my heart. We are going to continue to dig deep…
