why did obama give iran billions
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Obama Admin Paid Iran $1.7 Billion From Taxpayer Funds The Obama administration is facing criticism for paying Iran $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds as part of what critics described as a ransom bound up in a controversial hostage trade designed to secure the release of five Americans long held by Iran, according to conversations with administration officials and experts critical of the agreement.
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- The FDD publication also pointed to the fact that Turkey helped the Iranian regime gain $13 billion through a gas-for-gold program even as Turkey's NATO allies sought to punish Tehran for its nuclear program.
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Why did President Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize? Obama has done zilch to deserve the prize. The sole reason Obama got the Nobel Prize was being President of The United States of America. Let me explain this by an example. A particular class in a school had a little mischievous bully in school named Sam.
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5 Things You Need to Know About the $400 Million America Sent to Iran Hence, the return of the five Americans appeared to be one side of a prisoner exchange with Tehran. But Obama didn't mention that the same day, $400 million was being shipped over 6000 miles for deposit in Iran's treasury. Normally you'd use a bank transfer, says Sick.
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Obama to Send 1,500 More Troops to Assist Iraq WASHINGTON — President Obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 American troops to Iraq in the coming months, doubling the number of Americans meant to train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces.n addition, White House budget officials said they would ask Congress for $5 billion for military operations in the Middle East against the Islamic State, including $1.6 billion to train and equip Iraqi troops. At its height in 2006 and 2007, the Iraq war was costing the United States more than $60 billion a year.
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Iran world's 'biggest state sponsor of terrorism,' Mattis says Obama on Iran payment: 'We do not pay ransom'. Story highlights. (CNN)US Defense Secretary James Mattis called Iran the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world in his first comments on the country Saturday, a day after the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions over an Iranian ballistic missile test.
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- The Bethlehem-based news agency Ma’an has cited a Kuwaiti newspaper report Saturday, that US President Barack Obama thwarted an Israeli military attack against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2014 by threatening to shoot down Israeli jets before they could reach their targets in Iran.
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The Average Percent Of Income Donated To Charity Can Improve Meanwhile, Obama donated about $329,000 to 40 different charities, or roughly 6% of his $5.5 million 2009 income (largely from books and royalties). Obama also donated $1.4 million of his Nobel Peace Prize proceeds to 10 different charities as a straight pass through.
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- The American people were told that this was a long-term deal. Simple fact of the matter is that most of the deal is in place for only 10 years and allows Iran to purchase intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in 8 years. The only reason to have ICBM's is to put a nuclear warhead on it.
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Obama Gave Iran $20 Billion in Sanctions Relief Iran is still set to cash in on $4.2 billion in cash infusions courtesy of the Obama administration, which began unfreezing these cash assets last month. Iran will receive some $450 million on March 1 and another $550 million on March 7 under the deal. I wonder how much of that money will go toward killing Americans.
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Why Syria's Assad Can't Stop Killing His Own People Hackers Anonymous exposed President Assad's emails revealing that Iran has given the Syrian regime more than $1,000,000,000 (yes, that is one billion) to help it overcome the oil embargo and sanctions imposed by the West and the Arab League.et Israel's military analysts believe Assad is on his way out as do most who are close to the situation. Assad's fall is inevitable-there's no way this tyrant can survive, said Iranian-born journalist and blogger Saba Farzan.
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Iran hostage crisis In 1980, the death of the shah in Egypt and the invasion of Iran by Iraq (see Iran-Iraq War) made the Iranians more receptive to resolving the hostage crisis. In the United States, failure to resolve the crisis contributed to Ronald Reagan's defeat of Carter in the presidential election.n 1980, the death of the shah in Egypt and the invasion of Iran by Iraq (see Iran-Iraq War) made the Iranians more receptive to resolving the hostage crisis. In the United States, failure to resolve the crisis contributed to Ronald Reagan's defeat of Carter in the presidential election.
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- I just got 18 wheels and the front tires rub the upper wheel well when i hit bumps in the road. Also i can't fully turn it without them rubbing the inside wheel well very slightly. I want my car to be able to stay as low as it possibly can so i need to know... show more I have a 2000 honda civic ex that is lowered.
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Barack Obama Will Return Five Percent of Salary Due to Sequestration Barack Obama Will Return Five Percent of Salary Due to Sequestration. Obama’s refund to the Treasury will amount to $20,000 in salary over the rest of the year. President Barack Obama during the fiscal cliff negotiations in the briefing room of the White House on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in Washington.
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- The US therefore ignored Iraq's brutalities. One week before the invasion of Kuwait, the Congress sought to place trade restrictions on Iraq for its human rights violations, but Bush refused to go along with it.7. During the Iran-Iraq war, the al-Sabah family gave some $17 billion to Iraq.
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21 Reasons the Iran Deal is a Bad Deal 1 Saudi leaders for instance have said that this deal is worse than the nuclear pact former President Bill Clinton made with North Korea. 2  Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu said this deal will give Iran “hundreds of billions of dollars to fuel their terror and military regime.”. He also said that Iran would not be violating the deal if it broke the UN resolution prohibiting the purchase of conventional arms and missiles because the arms embargo is implicitly out of the scope of the nuclear agreement.
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Obama Agrees to Massive Stimulus Planâ¦ for Iran SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER. The only problem is that this money is not going to help put food on the table of struggling Americans. In fact, quite the opposite. This money is the $150 billion signing bonus that the Obama administration is giving Iran as part of the nuclear deal. So let me get this straight.
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Obamas to use own cash to redecorate White House (CNN) - The Obamas are using their own money to redecorate the White House residence and Oval Office, the White House confirms, forgoing the $100,000 in federal funds that is traditionally allotted to new presidents for such renovation projects.
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President Obama Calls Preliminary Iran Nuclear Deal âOur Best Betâ WASHINGTON — President Obama strongly defended last week’s preliminary agreement with Iran as a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to curb the spread of nuclear weapons in a dangerous region while reassuring critics that he would keep all options available if Tehran ultimately cheated.
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- Sen. Tom Cotton suggested Sunday that he’ll accept President Obama’s explanation that the roughly $400 million in cash to Iran amid the country holding several Americans captive was part of a decades-old settlement, but said the move sends a “dangerous” message to terrorists and others around the world.
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Obama's Family Vacations to Cost Taxpayers More Than $20 Million President Barack Obama’s four vacations to Hawaii since becoming president may cost taxpayers “in excess of $20 million, and possibly much, much more,’’ the White House Dossier reports. A breakdown by the Hawaii Reporter shows his trips in 2009, 2010, and 2011 cost about $4 million, much of it for Air Force One.
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Why the U.S. Owed Iran That $400 Million But still at issue as Obama began his second term was $400 million that Iran in the late 1970s had paid for U.S. fighter jets, while Tehran was still a U.S. ally. After it turned into an enemy in 1979, Washington was not about to deliver the jets. But, all these years later, Iran wanted its money back—and with interest.
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On Nowruz, President Obama Speaks to the Iranian People As President Obama said in his video message, the United States will continue to draw attention to the Electronic Curtain that is cutting the Iranian people off from the world. We encourage all who support the universal rights of the Iranian people to join us.
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- (Newser) – President Obama is paid $400,000 a year to jet around the globe, shake hands, sign legislation, and sprout several new gray hairs. His wife, who will fly to Maryland today for a clinic for war veterans before hosting a poetry event at the White House, doesn't collect a wage at all. But she should, writes Gregory Krieg at Policy.Mic. In fact, the president should request an income for Michelle Obama and all future first spouses in the next White House budget ... because it would send a powerful signal that equal pay is an important principle at the highest level of government, Krieg writes.
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- Obama chose instead to pay lawyers,$200 hr. or more, so as to prevent his birth certificate from being seen. When running for office in ’08, he said he wanted transparency and disclosure within the government, but it’s obvious he did not want this to apply to himself.
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History Shows Obama Doesnât Need Congress to Seal Iran Deal History Shows Obama Doesn’t Need Congress to Seal Iran Deal. In a letter to Iran this week, nearly four dozen Republican senators showcased the limitations of a potential unilateral nuclear deal by President Obama, rightly warning that the future U.S. president could reverse the agreement.