Long to cuban president raul castro. I delivered a fairly lengthy statement at the front end about how were looking forward to a new future in the relationship between our two countries, but that we are going to continue to press on issues of democracy and human rights, which we think are important. There were some awkward jokes. At the end of my remarks i apologized for taking, you know, such a long time. I wanted to make sure before we engaged in the conversation that we he was very clear about where i stood. He said dont worry about it, mr. President. Youre still a young man. And you still have a chance to break fidels record. He once spoke seven hours straight. And then more awkward jokes. And then president castro proceeded to deliver his own preliminary remarks that lasted at least twice as long as mine. And then i was able to say obviously it runs in the family. What is so remarkable about this conversation is it was the first time in more than 50 years the leaders of the United
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