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Patrick Leahy: “It seems so beneath a nation as powerful as ours to tell kids they can't go back and forth and talk to students in Cuba.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
It seems so beneath a nation as powerful as ours to tell kids they can't go back and forth and talk to students in Cuba.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy criticizes U.S. travel restrictions preventing students from visiting Cuba.

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