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Bob Menendez: “Do you think that as a condition of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, we, at a minimum, should have insisted…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
Do you think that as a condition of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, we, at a minimum, should have insisted on the return of fugitives, cop killers like New Jersey cop killer Joanne Chesimard and other American fugitives of justice being harbored by the Castro regime?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the conditions for diplomatic relations with Cuba regarding fugitives.

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