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Search results for "U.S. considers 20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran"

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Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Attorney General William Barr tweeted that the US "gave Iran USA taxpayer dollars" so Iran could purchase uranium from Russia.
By Samantha Putterman• October 15, 2019
Richard Burr stated on August 03, 2016 in a press release:
Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."
By Will Doran• August 5, 2016
Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Iran will be shooting at our soldiers with bullets, etc., purchased with the $150 billion Obama gave them."
By Tom Kertscher• January 7, 2020
Donald Trump stated on September 28, 2016 in a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."  
By Tom Kertscher• September 30, 2016
Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago:
Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."
By Linda Qiu• March 17, 2016
Carlos Beruff stated on May 05, 2016 in a press release:
Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2016
Facebook posts stated on January 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The missiles that were launched at American forces in Iraq from Iran, were funded by Barack Obama, with American tax dollars."
By Bill McCarthy• January 10, 2020
Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in in a speech critiquing Hillary Clinton:
Says Hillary Clinton’s State Department "approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation."
By Linda Qiu• June 30, 2016
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2019 in a post-G7 news conference:
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
By Jon Greenberg• August 27, 2019
Viral image stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill Clinton "gave nukes to North Korea," Barack Obama "gave nukes to Iran," and Hillary Clinton "gave uranium to Russia."
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 9, 2020
Joe Biden stated on September 13, 2020 in an op-ed on the CNN website:
“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.
By Jon Greenberg• September 17, 2020
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.:
"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 24, 2016
Jon Keyser stated on May 31, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says "Obama wants to give (Iran) nuclear weapons and Michael Bennet, he was all for it."  
By Alan Gathright, Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2016
Paul Ryan stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release:
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
By Tom Kertscher• April 29, 2016
Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview:
The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that."  
By Tom Kertscher• June 29, 2018
Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2016 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention:
"We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot."
By Louis Jacobson• July 29, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on September 09, 2015 in a tweet:
"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."  
By Louis Jacobson• September 10, 2015
PuppetStringNews.com stated on November 26, 2017 in a headline:
"Obama released 10 Russian agents from U.S. custody in 2010 during Hillary’s uranium deal."
By Amy Sherman• December 6, 2017
Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal."
By Jon Greenberg• December 31, 2014
Bloggers stated on December 05, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says Hillary Clinton sold 20 percent of America’s uranium to Russia and then "the Russian government gave $145 million to the Clinton Foundation." Former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller "delivered it."
By Samantha Putterman• December 7, 2018

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