In an interview with CNN’s Kate Bolduan, State Department spokesman John Kirby explains why the $400 million the US held until the release of the American hostages was leverage not ransom.
In This Story: Kate Bolduan
Katherine Jean “Kate” Bolduan is an American broadcast journalist for CNN based in New York City. She is currently the host of At This Hour with Kate Bolduan and previously for the CNN program State of America with Kate Bolduan on CNN International, New Day.