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Friday, February 26, 2016

GOPDD: Leahy on Iran’s Detention of US Sailors: Wouldn’t We Have Held Iranians in Our Waters?

By Jen - Feb 26, 2016

(CNS News) U.S. Senate, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) implied during an exchange with Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday that Iran was justified in detaining ten U.S. sailors who entered Iranian waters last month.
The incident came up during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the administration’s State and foreign operations budget request, after Kerry argued that the nuclear deal and his relationship with his Iranian counterpart had been responsible for the quick resolution of what he said could have turned into a hostage situation.