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Marco Rubio: “For the first time, certainly in my time in the Senate and probably in a decade, when something is going on in Cuba now…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
For the first time, certainly in my time in the Senate and probably in a decade, when something is going on in Cuba now, a human rights abuse, any sort of outrage, it now is news in the United States.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio highlights increased U.S. awareness of human rights issues in Cuba.

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