This is a new day. Men discussese a wide range of topics including cueban rights and trade embargo thats been in place for more than 50 years. Later, the president held an event focused on young entrepreneurs in havana as Business Owners will be the engines o change in cuba. Today about half a million cubans, including some of you are proud. Some mpanies wasting no time getting in on the president s loosening of relations. Google announced a joint venture with cuban artist to provide internet and Smart Phone Technology to the iland people. Castro began offering wifi two years ago but they have one of the lowest rates of Internet Penetration in the world. Cubas head of operations spoke about the j jnt venture. I think the energy and the feedback that were gettin from our counter parts in cuba is theres a lot of excitement about expanding access to technology in the internet. Travel also a hot topic in the warming relations with cuba. Tonight carnival announced its the first u. S. Cruise
Revelation jose marti with imafaf Vice President salvador vavaes. From there it was on to an historic bilateral meeting with cuban president raul castro. The two leaders greeted the u. S. And cuban delegations. Then sat down for an historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether the shampoos uturn in policy whether the sharp uturn in policy. This was when castro was asked about releasing Political Prisoners. Give me a lists applicable prisoners and i will release them immediately. Just give me a list. What Political Prisoners . Give me a name or names. Calvin at the same time, president obama was equally adamant about individual freedoms. And the goal of the human United States to dictate to cuba how they should govern thselves but to make sure that we are having a frank and candid conversation around this issue, and hopefully that we can learn fromach other. Calvin the pomp and pleasant riri could not hide the underigs lieu tensions, even in castros final words. Its like talki
Know, as these violations as we confirm these missile launches, weve been swift in condemning them as we did, as ambassador power did, in the Security Council, and measures that we will take in response to those confirmed missile launches, we are actively considering additional measures at this moment. Well, if you say to me, ambassador, that theyre the most sanctioned, it almost implies that theres nothing else we can do. If thats the case, then were in deep trouble, but those sanctions are going to be coming off assuming implementation. So, the bottom line and i see a shaking the head no, but as far as i understand, those sanctions are going to be coming off upon implementation. Sir, those nuclearrelated sanctions thats what im talking about, will be off. Will come off when iran has rid itself of 98 of its enriched uranium stockpile. If those sanctions no longer exist and if youre saying theyre the most sanctioned country in the world, i assuming you are saying there are nonnuclear s
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I am not confident i can support this agreement. I think it needs additional strengthening if we are going to be confident that the policy that we have now doesnt help china far far more than it is going to harm the long term nuclear and Ballistic Missile nonproliferation agenda which we put at the highest pinnacle of American Public policy. We look forward to your input in that regard and it is fascinating that our witnesses clearly state that china is in violation of the existing agreement and yet we are extending that agreement. Senator perdue. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And thank you, general, and mrs. For your lifelong dedication and service to this country. And thank you for your testimony last night in a classified environment. Im be very brief mr. Chairman. I agree with senator markey. I have done business in china. If it was consistent with their Strategic Initiatives and objectives, i believe they could police this but let me just you touched on several proliferation questions