02/23/2016
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"We will continue such talks only if they chart a course for concrete progress on human rights and democratic principles in Cuba."
"The most immediate result of this policy shift--the release from prison of 53 activists who are now back with their families and able to continue their brave work--is unambiguously a good thing."
"If I am right, and our new policy succeeds in empowering the Cuban people to shape their political destiny, then the Cuban Government may respond by cracking down harder in the short run."
"I believe with all my heart that the President chose the right course."