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On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
What signal does that tell the Castro regime? We can do whatever we want and everything is forgiven, and it sends a terrible signal to the human rights activists.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen criticizes U.S. diplomatic relations with Cuba, highlighting negative implications for human rights.

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