the United States is not the obstacle to Cuba's integration with the hemisphere.

So it is fair to say that this negotiation occurred through NSC personnel.

It is not an acknowledgement that things are better in terms of human rights in Cuba or any more democracy.

This is so counter to our culture. This is so counter to standards of human rights that we just urge you and encourage you to rethink this.

You cannot do business with a tyrant. It just does not work that way.

It is very important that the U.S. Government continues to help Cuba but that the aid be directed to the people, to civil society and not to the government because, unfortunately, the government uses the resources that are sent to repress…

So then why would we not limit our opening in travel to say that if you travel to Cuba, you can only stay at one of these casas particulares or one of these other nongovernmental, nonmilitary-owned facilities?

Our previous policy did not achieve the progress that we wanted to see, so a new approach is needed.

The President's policy has reset the geopolitical calculus in the region and will provide new opportunities for cooperation.

Is it not true that the vast majority of the impediment to access to the Internet and technology in Cuba is a result of Cuban Government censorship?

There is no economic opening to Cuba. There is an economic opening to GAESA, which is the Cuban military-run holding company.

Cuban dictator Raul Castro has since been named for the first time as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People.