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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: the real President Clinton showed himself by his appointment of Alan Sagner to head the Corporation for Public…

On the recordSeptember 19, 1996
the real President Clinton showed himself by his appointment of Alan Sagner to head the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Mr. Sagner is proud of having been a founder of the so-called ``Fair Play for Cuba Committee,'' the most active U.S. pro-Castro group in the history of the Castro regime. In fact, Sagner formed this group during the worst moments of Castro's mass murders and confiscations. It would have been expected that by this time Sagner would at least admit his mistake, recognize that he failed to see Castro at the beginning of his dictatorship for what he was, a murderer, which he still is. But no, to this day Sagner proudly defends the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Here is a fellow who still refuses to acknowledge the gulags, the mass executions, the political prisons, the totalitarian oppression, as the essence of the Castro regime; and he is now the head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Shameful appointment, Mr. President. Find someone else.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Florida

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Criticizing President Clinton's appointment of Alan Sagner to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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