Speeches at 2015=2016 Values Voters Summit: on Foreign Policy

Donald Trump: Obama paid $1.7 billion cash ransom to Iran for hostages

But remember the ransom payments. Remember, it was $400 million two weeks ago. But then they made a mistake. This is cash. They said they paid cash because they couldn't open a bank account. There was no way of sending it into a checking account.

The $400 million turned out to be $1.7 billion in cash--cash! They said, "oh, that money's going to be used for terror." I said they don't need it. This is going into their Swiss accounts. They have plenty of money for terror.

Think of it--$1.7 billion in cash--massive, big vats of cash. You saw them--cartons. I never saw anything like it. I've seen a lot of cash. Hey, never saw anything like this. They wouldn't give back the hostages, and Obama kept saying, "no, no, this has nothing to do [with ransom]"--even the hostages said they kept us waiting for a certain plane to come in.

Ted Cruz: Greatest threat facing America is nuclear Iran

If I am elected president, let me tell you what I'll do on the first day in office.
• The first thing is rescind every single illegal and unconstitutional Executive Action.
• The second thing I intend to do is to open an investigation into Planned Parenthood and these horrible videos, and to prosecute any and all criminal conduct by that organization.
• The third thing office is to instruct the IRS and every other federal agency that the persecution of religious liberty ends TODAY!
• The fourth thing is to rip to shreds this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal. The single greatest national security threat facing America is the threat of a nuclear Iran. If you vote for me, under no circumstances will a nation led by a theocratic Ayatollah, who chants 'Death to America,' under no circumstances will Iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons.
• The fifth thing I intend to do on the first day is begin the process of moving the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

Ben Carson: Foreign development aid is a win-win situation

And that's the kind of thing that is a win-win situation. It's making friends for us. And we're not borrowing money from China so we can give them billions of dollars in aid. That's the kind of thing that makes sense. That's the kind of thing we also should be doing in South and Central America, so that they won't feel that they need to come here.