Posted on 07/02/2015 12:59:42 PM PDT by Kaslin
WASHINGTON Declaring this is what change looks like, President Obama announced an agreement Wednesday to reestablish economic ties with Cuba and re-open embassies in each others capitals.
But the historic step will also touch off a new round of battles with Congress. To complete the thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations, the Obama administration still needs to get lawmakers on board to confirm an ambassador, sign off on spending millions on a U.S. embassy in Havana and soften sanctions against the communist country that has a long history of human rights violations.
That's no easy task.
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Rep. Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., said that opening a U.S. Embassy in Cuba misses the mark and will do nothing to help the Cuban people and is just another trivial attempt for President Obama to go legacy shopping.
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Obama will paint the conservative GOP as obstructionists, out of step with history and dangerously reactionary. Just like always, this will scare the GOPe and they will fall in step once again.
AND .. I want somebody to stand up and say NOOOOOOOO to closing Guantanamo .. and NOOOOOOOO to stopping radio into Cuba.
OTHERWISE .. CUBA CAN JUST SIT THERE .. AND WE CAN CLOSE THEIR EMBASSY IN D.C.
Sick and tired of these disgusting countries/leaders who want everything and GIVE NOTHING.
Bump
The Republicans haven't agreed to it Stop speculating
We all know that
Nice ‘58 Chevy in the 2nd photo, with an early ‘60s Ford Falcon behind it.
The GOP caves on the big issues and then makes a fuss over trivia like who some U.S. Ambassador will be.
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