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Dick Durbin: If we had more contacts at the social media level and beyond, I do not think that the current regime could survive as…

On the recordApril 9, 2014
If we had more contacts at the social media level and beyond, I do not think that the current regime could survive as the communistic regimes did not survive in Eastern Europe.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin believes increased communication could undermine Cuba's regime.

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