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Republican Party platform on Cuba returns to the Cold War days

Sarah Stephens Jul 17, 2016
Last week in Cleveland, State Senator Eric Brakey of Maine tried to make some changes to the Republican Party's foreign policy platform. It turns out that when it comes to Cuba, though,…
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An indefensible amendment from a member of Congress

Sarah Stephens May 14, 2016
There is legislation now pending in Congress to sever "any bilateral military-to-military" contacts between the U.S. and Cuba. It orders that no matter the gravity of a potential…
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All agree that it’s time to end the embargo on Cuba

Sarah Stephens May 10, 2016
Voters in the U.S. presidential election this fall will choose between Republican and Democratic Party nominees who agree on at least one issue: Both will favor ending the U.S. embargo…
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The new, more balanced debate on U.S. Cuba policy

Sarah Stephens Apr 18, 2016
Far from being politics as usual, Marco Rubio's defeat last week at the hands of a Senate disinterested in voting on his amendment is emblematic of a sea-change as the country…
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Listening to what THEY have to say

Sarah Stephens Feb 27, 2016
Given his rich endowment in the hearing department, President Obama could really get an earful if he went to Cuba as equipped to receive as he is to transmit.
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Cuba and the audacity of hope

Sarah Stephens Jan 23, 2016
Last week, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough offered a teaser about the year ahead: He said, "We'll do audacious executive actions throughout the course of the year, I am…
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Stop and smell the Cuban coffee

Sarah Stephens Jan 16, 2016
In his State of the Union address President Obama made it two years in a row that he urged Congress to take down what presidents dating back to Eisenhower had built up. He asked them to…
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Cuba

Cuba and the U.S. – the state of the reunion

Sarah Stephens Jan 8, 2016
During the first days of the New Year, we got to see first-hand the benefits of the new Cuba policy when we joined a trade delegation led by Virginia's Governor Terry McAuliffe - a…
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Cuba on Obama’s fourth quarter ‘bucket list’

Sarah Stephens Dec 30, 2015
When President Obama addressed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner recently he mentioned taking executive action on immigration, climate change, and Cuba policy.
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Strait talk: What does D-17 mean to you?

Sarah Stephens Dec 20, 2015
According to a survey released this week, there has been a striking increase in support among Cubans and Cuban Americans for President Obama's policies of engagement and reconciliation…
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