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PBass

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15. YES, BUT WHAT DOES HILLARY REALLY BELIEVE? (sarcasm)

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2015, 05:55 PM

Jul 2015

"Although President Barack Obama is taking the credit for Wednesday’s historic deal to reverse decades of U.S. policy toward Cuba, when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, she was the main architect of the new policy and pushed far harder for a deal than the Obama White House.

From 2009 until her departure in early 2013, Clinton and her top aides took the lead on the sometimes public, often private interactions with the Cuban government. According to current and former White House and State Department officials and several Cuba policy experts who were involved in the discussions, Clinton was also the top advocate inside the government for ending travel and trade restrictions on Cuba and reversing 50 years of U.S. policy to isolate the Communist island nation. Repeatedly, she pressed the White House to move faster and faced opposition from cautious high-ranking White House officials."

[link:]http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-18/hillary-clinton-secretly-pushed-cuba-deal-for-years[link]

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Hillary Clinton to call for lifting Cuba embargo [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 OP

Good! artislife Jul 2015 #1

Thank you and have a terrific day. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #2

You, too! artislife Jul 2015 #4

K&R!! ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #3

It's about time...clearly the embargo and everything else hasn't done anything... George II Jul 2015 #5

I agree artislife Jul 2015 #19

She actually consulted with Obama last year to consider lifting the embargo still_one Jul 2015 #6

Wow. So she influenced Obama to put that on the front burner. All of our relationships with the freshwest Jul 2015 #8

nope, that isn't what I said. Obama had plans for Cuba and Iran in his first term, and moved toward still_one Jul 2015 #9

Even better, means she learned. The rest of my post stands. Anyone likes the past better can say: freshwest Jul 2015 #22

I am not disagreeing with you. If someone learns from a bad view point that is a good thing, still_one Jul 2015 #24

But but she's republican like bigdarryl Jul 2015 #17

Yes, I recall reading about this a while ago--so today's headline riversedge Jul 2015 #10

Yes. My point was she had been going in that direction for some time still_one Jul 2015 #11

oK point taken. In solidarity riversedge Jul 2015 #13

The people involved in the initial Cuba news all said that Kerry was askew Jul 2015 #25

Interesting he made it a condition! flamingdem Jul 2015 #31

I am saying in her book she changed her position. Kerry was very instrumental in the recent still_one Jul 2015 #34

That's a good position. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #7

Anyone who thinks that's an easy thing to say at FIU BainsBane Jul 2015 #12

The old ones who have always objected have mostly died off. L0oniX Jul 2015 #18

Not really. I live here, and while the Cuban community is not the solid, one-mind block it once was lunamagica Jul 2015 #29

There is this thing ...the rest of the US and it's majority. L0oniX Jul 2015 #36

You are so right. Tonight on Univision there was a student saying how insulting lunamagica Jul 2015 #26

I taught Latin American history down in that area BainsBane Jul 2015 #28

Well that's safe and easy to say ...now. L0oniX Jul 2015 #14

Post removed Post removed Jul 2015 #16

No, it is neither safe, nor easy. lunamagica Jul 2015 #30

Yea well Obama has already made the move so she is just riding on it. L0oniX Jul 2015 #37

YES, BUT WHAT DOES HILLARY REALLY BELIEVE? (sarcasm) PBass Jul 2015 #15

So the issue is not actual policy? BainsBane Jul 2015 #20

Good ibegurpard Jul 2015 #21

K & R Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #23

Should have been lifted in the 70s AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #27

I couldn't agree more with her virtualobserver Jul 2015 #32

Hillary understands this issue flamingdem Jul 2015 #33

I love the fact that she will be making this proposal in Florida Gothmog Jul 2015 #35