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Emanuel Cleaver: “I have had the opportunity to go to Cuba twice over the last 3 years and it is my hope that nothing that we do here will…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
I have had the opportunity to go to Cuba twice over the last 3 years and it is my hope that nothing that we do here will sabotage this possible bridge from the United States to Cuba.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

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Cleaver expresses hope for improved U.S.-Cuba relations.

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