I had a woman swear to me (many yrs ago in a laundromat of all places) that Obama gave Iran $150 billion dollars. What it was was after the Paris Climate Agreement, Iran got their frozen funds back. They will twist & turn an insignificant word into a 3 act play, semantics is their love language. More on reddit.com

If you are at an institution with free access to legal databases, you can get greater depth from the legislative records cited below, but here is what I could dig up from free sources: The initial 1948 law provides that: [USIA publications] shall not be disseminated within the United States, its territories, or possessions, but, on request, shall be available in the English language at the agency, at all reasonable times following its release as information abroad, for examination only by representatives of the United States press associations, newspapers, magazines, radio systems, and stations, and by research students and scholars, and, on request, shall be made available for examination only to members of Congress. The prohibition was strengthened in 1972, and here is what the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has to say about the amendment: Particularly enlightening are the circumstances surrounding the 1972 amendment which first made the domestic distribution ban explicit. A member of the United States Senate had requested and obtained a USIA film which he intended to broadcast to his constituents. In direct response to the proposed broadcast, the Congress amended the Act to prohibit dissemination and distribution generally and to restrict its own members' access to USIA materials to "examination only." Essential Information v. USIA, 134 F.3d 1165, 1167 (D.C. Cir. 1998) (citing Senate Report 92-754 and 1972 House Report No. 1145). The prohibition was also strengthened in 1985, and here is what the amendment sponsor Sen. Edward Zorinsky said at the time: By law, the USIA cannot engage in domestic propaganda. This distinguishes us, as a free society, from the Soviet Union where domestic propaganda is a principal government activity. ... The American taxpayer certainly does not need or want his tax dollars used to support U.S. Government propaganda directed at him or her. Our amendment insures that this will not occur. Gartner v. US Information Agency, 726 F. Supp. 1183, 1186 n.2 (S.D. Iowa 1989) (quoting 131 Cong. Rec. 14945 (June 7, 1985)). More on reddit.com

Been sayin this for almost a decade and the libs always foamed at the mouth. #ThanksObama More on reddit.com

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