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DAVID RIVERA: “It does seem a little contradictory that we are trying to fight the financing of terrorist activities but we are…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2011
It does seem a little contradictory that we are trying to fight the financing of terrorist activities but we are facilitating that financing of terrorist activities by allowing more and more resources, capital resources, to go to a terrorist regime like Cuba.
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DAVID RIVERA
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rivera critiques U.S. policies that inadvertently support Cuba's terrorist regime.

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