In October of last year, Secretary of State John Kerry explained why prisoner release wasn’t a demand in the Iran deal by explaining that it was “important not to hold a nuclear agreement hostage to hostages.”
Now that the White House and other Dems have celebrated the “historic” deal that will give Iran billions and billions in sanctions relief (the Obama administration has admitted some of it will be used to fund terrorists), the State Department is asking Iran to release an imprisoned journalist at the request of media leaders:
.@StateDept: "We call again on Iran" to release imprisoned @washingtonpost journalist: https://t.co/WlCAYkNeMU
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) January 9, 2016
Statement from @statedeptspox on letter news executives sent Kerry asking him to secure release of WaPo reporter pic.twitter.com/GRGDbKBRRh
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 9, 2016
"…we call again on Iran to release them."
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 9, 2016
Smart power!
@PolitiBunny maybe James Taylor is available to play
— Thomas Fagan (@Thomas_Fagan) January 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/Coco1Hunter/status/685635087631683584
Perhaps we coulda thought about that before we handed them $100b, what? https://t.co/m6qKMBoMzy
— Bryan McGrath (@ConsWahoo) January 9, 2016
Waiting for the new hashtag with bated breath….. https://t.co/kGWYMwuUfC
— BrendaLee (@whitewinery) January 9, 2016
@theblaze @StateDept @washingtonpost Ah, you kinda missed your window of opportunity to bring him home when you signed silly treaty
— Uncle Bucked (@tpb_50cal) January 9, 2016
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