Ricketts, Colleagues Pressure Biden Admin for Answers After They Released $6 Billion to Iran
August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023:
Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, joined a group of 26 Republican Senators, led by U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), to demand answers from the Biden Administration after they released $6 billion in frozen assets to the Islamic Republic of Iran in exchange for the release of five American detainees.
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Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, joined a group of 26 Republican Senators, led by U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), to demand answers from the Biden Administration after they released $6 billion in frozen assets to the Islamic Republic of Iran in exchange for the release of five American detainees.
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