State Department Cautions Americans Considering Travel to Iran

For starters you must be nuts to go to Iran. 

If they're this high strung regarding visitors to their country does anyone really believe they're going to allow ANYBODY to inspect their nuclear facilities? Barry's going to give them over a 100 billion to advance the cause of terrorism and we can't even get our own people back.

This whole Iranian deal is a ticking time bomb on so many levels.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Obama administration hopes that the nuclear deal it negotiated with Iran may one day lead to broader cooperation. But the State Department has some cautionary words for Americans who think the reconciliation is already underway.

“This deal over Iran’s nuclear program does not alter the United States’ assessment of the risks of travel to Iran for U.S. citizens,” says a travel warningthe agency issued on Wednesday.

“Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran,” it says.

Advisories for Americans who travel abroad are regularly published by the State Department. The latest entry on Iran follows a warning in January, and it was made public the day President Obama defended the nuclear accord in a major speech at American University in Washington.

While many United States citizens, including Iranian-Americans, travel to and from Iran without problems, there have been some notable exceptions.

Iran is currently holding three Americans of Iranian descent: Jason Rezaian, a reporter for The Washington Post; Amir Hekmati, a Marine veteran from Flint, Mich.; and Saeed Abedini, of Boise, Idaho, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for establishing a private network of churches. A fourth American, Robert A. Levinson, vanished there eight years ago.

Secretary of State John Kerry, who traveled here for a regional meeting on security issues, and other senior United States officials urged Iran to free the Americans in discussions with their Iranian counterparts on the margins of the nuclear talks. In a television appearance last month, Mr. Kerry said he was “very hopeful” that Iran would “do the right thing.”

As much as the administration hopes at least some of the Americans will be released in the wake of the nuclear accord, the State Department warning reflects concerns that Iran could detain other visitors, particularly Iranian-Americans, on false charges or make it hard for them to leave.

“Since 2009, Iranian authorities have prevented the departure, in some cases for several months, of a number of Iranian-American citizens, including journalists and academics, who traveled to Iran for personal or professional reasons,” the warning says, repeating language from the January notification. “Iranian authorities also have unjustly detained or imprisoned U.S. citizens on various charges, including espionage and posing a threat to national security.”

With no formal diplomatic relations, the United States relies on the Swiss Embassy in Tehran to provide services to traveling Americans. But there is a catch, the State Department notes.

“The Iranian government does not recognize dual citizenship and will not allow the Swiss to provide protective services for U.S. citizens who are also Iranian nationals,” it says.

State Department Cautions Americans Considering Travel to Iran

This is indefensible

Another new PP video


When Republicans, most anyway, voted to defund PP Harry Reid had the gall to say:

"Republicans have loss their moral compass." Reid doesn't even know what a moral compass is!  

Liberals say the unborn are not human yet Melissa Farrell refers to the baby as a 'cadaver'. How is that possible? You can't have it both ways. 

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This is indefensible

Bear in mind Kelly Osborn is trying to accuse Trump of racism

Then it backfires.

 She meant what she said then tries to lie her way out of it.

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Bear in mind Kelly Osborn is trying to accuse Trump of racism

FBI Investigating Security of Hillary Clinton Emails

This is laughable. Think how bad this looks.

Another reason to vote for Hillary.

 I guarantee if they investigate the Clinton Foundation they'll find a cess pool of corruption. Take all the Clinton scandals. Too many to count right? So you can just imagine all the one's we never knew about. 

Scandal and the name Clinton are interchangeable.

If she goes down in flames it will be because Barry wants it that way so he can throw his support behind Biden. Biden hasn't got a snowballs chance in hell so unless someone else enters the race looks like Sanders will be the nominee.

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The FBI is looking into the security used to protect Hillary Clinton's private email system, David Kendall, Clinton's lawyer, said Tuesday.

The Washington Post first reported that the FBI was looking into Clinton's private email set up during her time as Secretary of State, particularly the security used to protect information on the server that Clinton housed at her Chappaqua, New York, home. In a statement to CNN, Kendall confirmed that report.

"Quite predictably, after the IC (intelligence community) IG (inspector general) made a referral to ensure that materials remain properly stored, the government is seeking assurance about the storage of those materials," Kendall said in a statement.

Kendall added that he and his client were "actively cooperating" with the inquiry, but Clinton's aides looked to cast the report as old news on Tuesday night.

"WaPo story tonite doesnt change anything we knew 10 days ago after NYT fixed botched report: IG sent ask to DOJ to confirm emails are secure," Brian Fallon, Clinton's press secretary, tweeted shortly after the story published.

Clinton's exclusive use of a private email at State -- and the security of sensitive information on her server -- has been the subject of near constant attention since the set up was reported in March.

Classified information in emails

The intelligence community and State Department inspectors general disclosed late last month that some of Hillary Clinton's emails contained classified information that was not identified correctly. Because it was not marked as classified, it is unclear whether Clinton realized she was potentially compromising classified information.

The story of the inspectors general reports was first published by The New York Times. The paper, though, botched its report and had to alter the story after it first suggested Clinton was the focus of a federal criminal investigation. That turned out to be incorrect and though the Times issued a correction, the story was widely discredited by pro-Clinton Democrats and the Clinton campaign.

Clinton has repeatedly denied that she ever sent classified info.

"I am confident," she said last month in New Hampshire, "that I never sent nor received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received," Clinton said. 

Nick Merrill, Clinton's traveling press secretary, reiterated Clinton's statement in response to the FBI inquiry on Tuesday night.

"She did not send nor receive any emails that were marked classified at the time," Merrill said. "We want to ensure that appropriate procedures are followed as these emails are reviewed while not unduly delaying the release of her emails. We want that to happen as quickly and as transparently as possible."

FBI Investigating Security of Hillary Clinton Emails

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Believe me... this can only happen in America.

California city council appoints two illegal immigrants as commissioners

Huntington Park is the first city in California to appoint two illegal immigrants as commissioners, a councilman said Monday.

Councilman Jhonny Pineda 

(Like to know what his status is)

appointed Francisco Medina to the health and education commission and Julian Zatarain to the parks and recreation commission, a local CBS affiliate reported.

"Huntington Park is a city of opportunity and a city of hope for all individuals regardless of socioeconomic status, race, creed, or in this case, citizenship," Mr. Pineda, 32, said in a statement. "Both these gentlemen have accomplished a great deal for the city. For that, on behalf of the city council, mayor, and our city, I want to say thank you to them both and I am confident they will do an excellent job on their commission posts."

Are you  f**king shitting me. 
What message does this send...Come to America illegally we not only won't deport you we'll make you a commissioner!

The advisory positions Mr. Medina and Mr. Zatarain would fill are unpaid, and the men would not have a direct hand in policymaking, CBS reported.

Mayor Karina Macias also expressed her support for the appointments.

"Our population includes documented and undocumented immigrants, and I wanted to make sure everyone could participate," she said, the Los Angeles Times reported. "If we're going to talk about transparency, being open and having a community that's involved, then the conversation also has to include undocumented immigrants. I'm hoping other cities are looking at what we're doing here."

Mr. Pineda said he cleared the appointments with the city attorney, and both appointees passed a LifeScan background check.

They're here illegally doesn't that speak for itself. 

The council's decision was met with harsh criticism from residents during a meeting Monday night.

"A lot of residents who I spoke to don't want this to happen," said Linda Caraballo, a former council member, KPCC reported. "I think it is exploitation. Why is it that an undocumented illegal person is told you can take a position but we are not going to pay you? That is wrong."

Mr. Medina attended the meeting but refused to debate the issue.

"I'm not going to say anything," he said, CBS reported. "I'm just happy for the fortune that I have, and I'm going to do my best to represent every single resident in Huntington Park, regardless if you're undocumented, regardless if you are a citizen. We're just going to be working for everyone."

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