Roberta S. Jacobson

You have seen a 21 percent increase in tax revenue because of fiscal reform and closing of the budget gap.

They should all be able to travel freely.

The exit of either of the Castro brothers is very, very significant.

The reestablishment of diplomatic relations, including reopening our Embassy in Havana, will allow us to more effectively represent U.S. interests, including property claims, fugitives, human rights, and needed political reforms and…

I think the President has made very clear that Congress is the only body that can lift the embargo.

I want to get specific here for a moment as to how you intend to evaluate Cuba's progress on human rights...

Most human rights abuses were official acts committed at the direction of the government.

As we move the process ahead, we hope we can also work together to find common ground toward our shared goal of enabling the Cuban people to freely determine their own future.

But comprehensive changes in our economic relationship will require congressional action to lift the embargo, and the President has urged Congress to begin that effort.

The policy is based on a clear-eyed strategy that empowers the Cuban people to determine their own future by creating new economic opportunities and increasing their contact with the outside world.

The President's new approach makes clear that the United States can no longer be blamed as an obstacle to progress on such things as access to information or connecting Cubans to the world.