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Mario Díaz-Balart: “I've maintained from the start that Alan Gross was grabbed and imprisoned for no reason other than to be used as a pawn…”

On the recordMay 16, 2012
I've maintained from the start that Alan Gross was grabbed and imprisoned for no reason other than to be used as a pawn in a future spy trade.
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Mario Díaz-Balart
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Diaz-Balart argues that Alan Gross was wrongfully imprisoned for leverage in a spy trade.

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