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Lindsey Graham: “I still have some policy comments I think bear on the question of whether, in the face of the actions of Fidel Castro…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2001
I still have some policy comments I think bear on the question of whether, in the face of the actions of Fidel Castro relative to those who have used his country as a safe haven for murderers, airplane hijackers, and others, and as a continuing caldron for the support of terrorism in the western hemisphere throughout the world, it is in the United States' national interest to be providing financing for the food that he will control and distribute as he wishes to his people.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. policy towards Cuba and Fidel Castro's actions.

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