Cuban-born Ros-Lehtinen brings hawk's view to foreign affairs

[Judi Lynn]

Cuban-born Ros-Lehtinen brings hawk's view to foreign affairs
By Lesley Clark, Miami Herald
In Print: Sunday, December 12, 2010

WASHINGTON — Promising to play ''hardball'' with ''rogue regimes'' and to press for cuts in foreign aid, Miami Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has moved rapidly to put her mark on United States foreign policy as the incoming chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Last week, the Havana-born lawmaker officially became the first Cuban-American to chair a House committee, and the foreign policy hawk signaled she'll challenge President Barack Obama, pressing for tougher sanctions on U.S. enemies, including Iran and North Korea.

''Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball,'' she said. "I pledge to do all that I can to isolate U.S. enemies while empowering and strengthening our allies, and I will not make apologies for doing either.''

The ascension of Ros-Lehtinen, 58, likely scuttles any congressional efforts to ease sanctions against Cuba, and has prompted saber-rattling from Latin America leaders like Fidel Castro.

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[social_critic]

1. The United States of America is going over a cliff

Sadly, it has fallen in the hands of people like Ileana. She can be considered a female anti-Christ. Which makes me wonder, why do we always associate maleness with most of these characters? Maybe God's female and so is anti-Christ anyway. Disclaimer: I'm atheist, so this is just a theoretical question.

[Billy Burnett]

2. Aside from your differences w/her over sanctions ...

.. you both spew the same anti Cuba swill.

A DU thread from '08 ...

Jeb Bush, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, and Orlando Bosch...strange companions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x191564