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On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
The question is not this policy or a policy in a perfect world. It is this policy compared to the nonengagement that we had before.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake discusses the effectiveness of current policy versus past nonengagement with Cuba.

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