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Bob Menendez: If the OAS were to, however, nonetheless admit it, wouldn't we be sending a message beyond Cuba to the entire hemisphere…

On the recordMay 19, 2009
If the OAS were to, however, nonetheless admit it, wouldn't we be sending a message beyond Cuba to the entire hemisphere that those principles of democracy, human rights, universal suffrage, are something that we'll just, you know, look the other way on?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez warns against compromising democratic principles by admitting Cuba to the OAS.

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