Then too, last June, the US Department of Treasury designated Ghazi Nasr al Din, a Venezuelan diplomat who served as the deputy ambassador in Damascus and Beirut as a Hizbullah agent.

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Along those lines, we note that senior US officials have been quiet on the issue of currency appreciation, with the US Treasury Department delaying the publication of its semiannual report on exchange rate policies, which was due on April 15.

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G7 finance ministers and governors pose on the steps of the US Treasury Department for a family photo in Washington, DC.

FORBES: G7 finance ministers and governors pose

The Department of the Treasury said that US financial institutions are permitted to process non-commercial, personal transfers to Iran, but that they "must be processed through a third-country financial institution before reaching Iran".

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Hedge funds, security dealers, US subsidiaries of foreign banks, they're all said to be lobbying the Treasury Department for some of the money.

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The US Treasury Department reckons it will run out of ways to avoid breaching the debt ceiling in about two months.

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The regulators were the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which is an independent bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and the US central bank, the Federal Reserve.

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The US treasury department, which administers the US sanctions, says exports of medicine, medical devices and food "have been maintained at a steady level" in recent years.

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