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On the recordDecember 9, 2013
If conditions do not change in Cuba, if political prisoners are not released, if democratic elections are not scheduled, I think you're going to have to go through the cold, dead body of Bob Menendez to get policy change, and that is the reality.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the challenges of changing U.S. policy towards Cuba without significant political reforms.

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