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Manchin blasts $6 billion prisoner swap with Iran: ‘I never was for that’

By Julia Johnson
Published October 23, 2023 12:46pm ET
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Manchin blasts $6 billion prisoner swap with Iran: ‘I never was for that’
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) hit President Joe Biden’s prisoner swap deal with Iran in a new interview, saying he was never on board. In September, the Biden administration agreed to a deal with Iran that saw five prisoners from each side released and unfroze $6 billion in Iranian assets for unsanctioned use to purchase humanitarian […]


Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) hit President Joe Biden’s prisoner swap deal with Iran in a new interview, saying he was never on board.

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