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Ben Cardin: “Well, somehow in Cuba, we were able to look at some of the documents you made available to us. And there appeared to be…”

On the recordMay 24, 2016
Well, somehow in Cuba, we were able to look at some of the documents you made available to us. And there appeared to be a pretty clear indication that Cuba should remain on the tier 3 list, but yet it ended up on tier 2 watch, which seems to indicate that political considerations overcame the objective against.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Senator Cardin expresses concern over political influence on Cuba's tier ranking.

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