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Marilyn Strickland: “I am sometimes amazed and sometimes appalled at what I perceive to be the hypocrisy of this administration. Recently…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2004
I am sometimes amazed and sometimes appalled at what I perceive to be the hypocrisy of this administration. Recently, with the approval of the Bush administration and this Congress, a decision was made that Cubans living in this country could only visit their relatives on the island once every 3 years. Why? Because Cuba is a Communist country. Fidel Castro is an authoritarian dictator. Yet, at the very same time, we continue to expand our efforts to accommodate China, to encourage Americans to invest in China, to encourage trade with China.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Addressing perceived hypocrisy in U.S. policy towards Cuba and China.

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