Ex-National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and Ret. Gen. Keith Kellogg criticized Biden's deal with Iran, warning it could fuel future 'terrorist proxies.'
Additionally, the negotiation creates a blanket waiver to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of violating U.S. sanctions. No money is going directly to Iran and no U.S. taxpayer funds are being used, Fox News has reported.
The Biden administration struck a deal with Iran for a hostage exchange, as well as release $6 billion in frozen funds, Congress reportedly learned on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks. "This is not good," Gen. Kellogg added. "And then when you look at the outreach they've got to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah, that's where that money is going. President Biden said: well, the money's going to go to humanitarian efforts. No, it's not. Anybody in their right mind knows exactly where it's going to go."
"Having formerly been the hostage negotiator for the United States, I'm glad to see those Americans getting home to their families and God bless them. It's not their fault that the Biden administration got such a bad deal and couldn't negotiate their way out of a paper bag with the Iranians," O’Brien said.
"But giving the Iranians $6 billion to then invest that in their nuclear program, their ballistic missile program and
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