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Mnuchin: More Sanctions Coming for Turkey If US Pastor Not Released

Mnuchin: More Sanctions Coming for Turkey If US Pastor Not Released
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, during a press conference in Buenos Aires, on July 22, 2018. Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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A White House official said that additional sanctions could be imposed on Turkey if it fails to release American evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the remarks to President Donald Trump at a cabinet meeting in the White House on Aug. 16.

Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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