Sen. Marco Rubio: Obama's Cuba Deal Is Bad Foreign Policy
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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We hear Cuban-American reaction and some of what Cuban President Raul Castro had to say today.
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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
And that changing relationship is something that Frank Calzon is questioning.
FRANK CALZON: The president has given Cuba - most of the Cuban government - most of what they want.
BLOCK: Calzon is executive director of a group called the Center for a Free Cuba, based in Washington. Like many Cuban-Americans, he says he's happy U.S. contractor Alan Gross is free, but he says President Obama has not held Cuba accountable on a number of fronts, especially human rights.
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida is also railing against the president's move.
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SENATOR MARCO RUBIO: This president has proven today that his foreign policy is more than just naive. It is willfully ignorant of the way the world truly works.
CORNISH: In Cuba, meanwhile, President Raul Castro sounded satisfied when he addressed his nation.
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PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO: (Foreign language spoken).
CORNISH: Raul Castro said today's deal was a result of dialogue directly with President Obama. He said the two were able to make advancements of interest to both the U.S. and Cuba. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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