Steve Hernan VOA News STATE DEPARTMENT—Seven percent of all screened Syrian refugees seeking to resettle in the United States this year have been denied approval, and 13 percent of the cases have been put on hold, government officials said Friday. The screening process, which has faced domestic criticism, is “rigorous and exhaustive,” said Anne Richard, […]readmore
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VOA News Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has admitted that he was wrong in claiming to have seen video of a U.S. cash payment being delivered to Iran on the same day that Iran released four Americans it had detained. Trump, who extensively uses social media, has been expressing outrage about the money, which some […]readmore
VOA News Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. «does not pay ransom» amid criticism of the Obama administration’s payment of $400 million in cash to Iran on the same day Tehran released four American hostages. U.S. officials said the airlifting of $400 million in foreign currencies to Iran in January was to partially […]readmore