>>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE LEAD."
ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY OFFICIALS 
BRIEF LAWMAKERS ABOUT TWO OTHER 
CASH PAYMENTS TO IRAN.
IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUSLY 
REPORTED $400 MILLION IN CASH, 
GIVEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH U.S. 
HOSTAGES BEING HELD IN IRAN, TWO
ADDITIONAL CASH PAYMENTS TOTALLY
$1.3 BILLION WERE MADE AS FIRST 
REPORTED BY THIS WALL STREET 
JOURNAL.
BY SENDING THE SIGNAL THAT 
HOSTAGES ARE A LEGITIMATE MEANS 
OF SECURING CONCESSIONS FROM OUR
GOVERNMENT, THE BALM 
ADMINISTRATION PUT COUNTLESS 
LIVES AT RISK.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE 
MONEY BELONGED TO IRAQ, IT WAS 
FROM THE U.S. NOT DELIVERING 
FIGHTER JETS THAT WERE ALREADY 
PAID FOR.
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE 
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NO ONE CAN 
GUARANTEE THAT NONE OF IT WILL 
GO TOWARDS FUNDING TERRORIST 
GROUPS.
>> WE CAN'T SAY EVERY SINGLE 
DOLLAR, BUT WE CAN SAY ALL OF IT
SO FAR IS GOING TO THE ECONOMY 
NOT AND TERRORISM.
>> THE STATE DEPARTMENT DENIES 
AND OFFICIALS ARGUE THAT IT WAS 
LEVERAGE TO MAKE SURE THE 
HOSTAGES WERE RETURNS.
THEY SAID IT HAD TO BE MADE IN 
CASH BECAUSE SANCTIONS HAVE BEEN
MADE SO EFFECTIVE.
THEY BLOCKED THE ADMINISTRATION 
FROM MAKING ANY
