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The Obama administration on Thursday fought to keep secret a CIA account of the 1961 Bay of Pigs debacle, says this report issued by McClatchyDC and written by Michael Doyle.
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Long a political land mine, normalizing U.S. relations with Cuba may be developing momentum, says Tom Hayden in an opinion piece written for the Los Angeles Times. Part of the reason…
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The creator of The Wire, David Simon, delivered an impromptu speech about the divide between rich and poor in America and how capitalism has lost sight of its social compact.
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Excerpts from press "gaggle" aboard U.S. One, as Obama returned from South Africa on Tuesday. Meeting with reporters was Ben Rhodes.
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The Obama White House is filled with book smart people. It's the street smart ones that are in short supply. And that was nowhere more obvious or painful than in the disastrous launch…
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M&T Bank cancelled the Cuban government's accounts and the Cubans have not been able to find a bank to work with. Now Cuban-Americans cannot renew passports or get the required…
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Professor Valdes tells the President that he thinks the imprisonment of the Cuban Five (now four) is a roadblock to normal relations between the U.S and Cuba.
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Excerpts from the press conference held by Secretary of State John Kerry at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 3. "These things are often best resolved in quiet diplomacy,…
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There is a growing national trend to be more hospitable to immigrants, pushing back against Arizona's "papers, please" law in renewed repudiation of the measure and in a nod to…
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My name is Alan Gross. December 3rd marks the 4th anniversary of my imprisonment in Cuba. I came to Cuba on behalf of the United States. I did so because I believed in my country.
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