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Bob Menendez

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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.

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Feb 2, 2015

Is it not true that the State Department considers a foreign government providing sanctuary to a terrorist that has committed a terrorist in another country to be support for international terrorism?

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Feb 2, 2015

the State Department as an institution which is responsible for conducting our Nation's diplomacy was kept in the dark.

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Feb 2, 2015

Well, they do not have a barrier. They already have a fiber optic line directly laid by Venezuela into Cuba.

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Feb 2, 2015

Cuba remains a one-party Communist state that continues to restrict the most basic rights of its citizens.

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Feb 2, 2015

The Cuban Government does not have much credibility. People do not pay much attention to what they say.

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Feb 2, 2015

To seek those basic democratic and human rights principles that we enjoy here at home and observe throughout most of the world.

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Feb 2, 2015

The best way to promote American values and ideals and to empower Cuban citizens... is through a policy of engagement, not isolation.

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Feb 2, 2015

I am concerned that the President announced that the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations would be granted access in Cuba. Yet, we know from the State Department briefings that they will be allowed to travel to…

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Feb 2, 2015

And the purpose of your peaceful march is to protest the arrests of your sons or husbands who have been arrested simply because of their political views or statements or activities.

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Feb 2, 2015

I find it interesting that with $450 billion in tax avoidance and fraud occurring every year, some colleagues have focused solely on poor children and families.

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Feb 2, 2015

human rights and democracy programs in Cuba will not be cut

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Feb 2, 2015

would the State Department actually to agree to establish an embassy in Havana if all of our diplomats are not able to travel freely throughout Cuba?

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