Clinton backs Obama's #Cuba moves

[riversedge]

I am catching up with the news--and am glad to see this.

Clinton backs Obama's #Cuba moves http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/17/politics/clinton-backs-obamas-cuba-moves/index.html … #ReadyforHillary


Clinton backs Obama's Cuba moves
By Eric Bradner, CNN
updated 7:47 PM EST, Wed December 17, 2014


Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauded President Barack Obama's moves to ease diplomatic strains with Cuba on Wednesday.


Washington (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton backed President Barack Obama's historic easing of decades-old sanctions against Cuba on Wednesday and said she is "deeply relieved" by the release of U.S. contractor Alan Gross.

Clinton, who was secretary of state when Gross was arrested in 2009, backed Obama in a statement Wednesday night that was in stark contrast with her Republican counterparts in the field of potential 2016 presidential contenders.

READ: Cuba releases American Alan Gross

"I support President Obama's decision to change course on Cuba policy, while keeping the focus on our principal objective -- supporting the aspirations of the Cuban people for freedom," Clinton said in a statement.

She called Gross's release "great news," and noted that as secretary of state, she pushed for his release, stayed in contact with Gross's family and "called for a new direction in Cuba.".....................

[joshcryer]

1. Naturally.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Apparently the sanctions placed in 1961 has not changed anything. It has prevented families

Visiting each other and Castro and his brother has remained in power. The inability to modernize is not helping the citizens of Cuba.