'Disingenuous To The Extreme': Reporter Leaves Biden Spox Stammering To Explain Iran Money Transfer

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Lee suggested the transfer will allow Iran to use the funds for different uses other than humanitarian purposes.
55% : Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a blanket waiver Friday to transfer $6 billion in seized Iranian funds to be transferred from South Korea to Qatar, the country responsible for giving the funds back to Iran, to bring five Americans home from Iran.
47% : "So, so where that analogy breaks down is no one has given Iran a dollar here.
42% : It is not a straw man argument only that if you perused Twitter last night, you will find a number of elected officials who talk about how the United States is giving Iran money, which we are not doing.
41% : Lee questioned why it took so long to finalize these waivers, to which State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Iran had access to the funds and had been able to "spin down" the accounts without any restrictions during former President Donald Trump's administration.
36% : Associated Press diplomatic writer Matt Lee left a State Department official stammering to explain President Joe Biden's administration's transfer of $6 billion in exchange for five American hostages in Iran.
33% : "The Obama administration sent $400 million in cash to Iran in return for the release of four hostages on the day the Iranian Nuclear Deal was implemented.

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