Roberta S. Jacobson: “We have strongly resisted attempts to be used as a distraction from Venezuela's real problems.”

We are also deepening our engagement with Europe to encourage partners there to push for advances in human rights and democratic principles with their Cuban counterparts.

We will continue to press for greater access--and for the Cuban Government to live up to Raul Castro's statement.

There is nothing in the policy that we undertook that was not something done in our national interest.

I want to get specific here for a moment as to how you intend to evaluate Cuba's progress on human rights...