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Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | December 12 2013 | David Martosko

Posted on 12/12/2013 10:49:35 AM PST by Para-Ord.45

U.S. and Cuban officials have held mid-level discussions in Washington and Havana

'We're in talks' with Cuba on a wide range of issues, agreed Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes on Tuesday

Middle-men including Latin American diplomats have also been carrying messages back and forth between Washington and Havana

The handshake seen 'round the water cooler was no fluke, it turns out.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: castro; communism; cuba; obamahandshake; obamasecrettalks; raulcastro
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1 posted on 12/12/2013 10:49:35 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: Para-Ord.45
Another state?

Two new Communist senators?

2 posted on 12/12/2013 10:53:38 AM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: Para-Ord.45

Lots of secret negotiations going on while he continues to snub our allies.


3 posted on 12/12/2013 10:58:48 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: OldNavyVet; Just Lori; Libertina; Lexinom; horatio; freebird5850; Horatio Gates; Ramius; ...
WA Ping


4 posted on 12/12/2013 11:00:30 AM PST by Baynative (Wake me up early, be good to my dogs and teach my children to pray.)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Bring Valerie Jarrett out of the shadows. They're doing things in secret because they're trying to hide their aiding and abetting terrorists throughout the world (Libya, MB in Egypt, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, etc.)

Saboteurs are wrecking America.

5 posted on 12/12/2013 11:02:41 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Para-Ord.45
Photobucket
President Obama and Venezuela dictator Hugo
Chavez at the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad.
Note the "soul bro" handshake. (my caption)

Obama, Chavez shake hands at Americas Summit:
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/17/2698451-obama-chavez-shake-hands-at-americas-summit

6 posted on 12/12/2013 11:06:59 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Russia's Medvedev hails "comrade" Obama

Associated Foreign Press (AFP) ^ | April 2, 2009 | Anna Smolchenko

"Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks"

http://www.france24.com/en/20090402-russias-medvedev-hails-comrade-obama

April 1, 2009:
"Obama, Medvedev pledge new era of relations":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090401/wl_afp/usrussiadiplomacynuclear_20090401152002

7 posted on 12/12/2013 11:09:56 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Did barry arrange with Raul Castro to have Iranian missiles put on Cuban soil?


8 posted on 12/12/2013 11:25:25 AM PST by Old Yeller
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To: Para-Ord.45

Kennedy stood up and had the missiles in Cuba removed.

One wonders if...

Obama is negotiating to put them back.


9 posted on 12/12/2013 11:32:02 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Zero = zero)
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To: DoughtyOne

And Obama IS that dangerously far left, only he can’t of course come right out and say it, although he has come mighty close on various occasions.


10 posted on 12/12/2013 11:41:35 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

I agree...

He’s left no doubt what his inner core is.


11 posted on 12/12/2013 11:44:09 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Zero = zero)
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To: DoughtyOne
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12 posted on 12/12/2013 11:44:12 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

I don’t know who the two on the left are.

That photo on the left (white shirt) looks like a profile shot of one of the Republicans.


13 posted on 12/12/2013 11:46:46 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Zero = zero)
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To: DoughtyOne
Open Mic Catches Obama Asking Medvedev for Space on Missile Defense
March 26, 2012

"In a private conversation about the planned U.S.-led NATO missile defense system in Europe, President Barack Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for space on the issue.

This is my last election,” Obama told Medvedev. “After my election I have more flexibility.”

“I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” Medvedev said, referring to incoming President Vladimir Putin."

http://fox8.com/2012/03/26/open-mic-catches-obama-asking-medvedev-for-space-on-missile-defense/
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Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones. Here is what they said:

Obama: “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space.”

Medvedev: “Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ...”

Obama: “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”

Medvedev: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

“This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.” That statement tells us much about the president’s mindset.

The specific mention of missile defense is worrisome enough. Mr. Obama has retreated from the missile defense plan that was negotiated with European allies during the George W. Bush administration. Apparently, he is signaling Moscow that he intends to retreat further. The clear implication from the president’s comments is that he cannot tell the American people before the election what he plans to do after the election.

In addition, there is the phrase “on all these issues,” implying more is at stake than just missile defense.”

Article: Obama plans double cross on missile defense
When it comes to keeping America safe, we shouldn’t be too flexible:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/29/obama-plans-double-cross-on-missile-defense/print/

14 posted on 12/12/2013 11:48:34 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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Obama To Betray Missile Defense Secrets To Moscow
Investor's Business Daily ^ | January 9, 2012 | IBD staff

Appeasement: From ObamaCare to recess appointments, honoring the Constitution has not been an administration hallmark. But when it comes to betraying secrets to mollify the Russians, it becomes a document the president hides behind.

It was bad enough that the 2012 defense authorization bill signed by President Obama set America on a downward spiral of military mediocrity.

He also issued a signing statement, something he once opposed, saying that language in the bill aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on the U.S. Standard Missile-3 — linchpin of our missile defense — might impinge on his constitutional foreign-policy authority.

Section 1227 of the defense law prohibits spending any funds that would be used to give Russian officials access to sensitive missile-defense technology as part of a cooperation agreement without first sending Congress a report identifying the specific secrets, how they'd be used and steps to protect the data from compromise.

The president is required to certify that any technology shared will not be passed on to third parties such as China, North Korea or Iran, that the Russians will not use transferred secrets to develop countermeasures and that the Russians are reciprocating in sharing missile-defense technology.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...

15 posted on 12/12/2013 11:49:29 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: DoughtyOne

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev


16 posted on 12/12/2013 11:50:05 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Nothing is what it seems. Various conservative commentators were willing to give him a pass because it was a handshake line at Mandela’s funera. But, with Obama, there’s always a sneaky back story.


17 posted on 12/12/2013 11:58:01 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Para-Ord.45

How can we tell if they’re lying?


18 posted on 12/12/2013 11:58:21 AM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: Para-Ord.45

Iran , Cuba , North Korea ,Obama just setting up some places he can run to if he ever leaves office


19 posted on 12/12/2013 12:08:29 PM PST by molson209 (Hillary Clinton)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Why do they need to talk? They already agree on everything.


20 posted on 12/12/2013 12:13:32 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism is slavery.)
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