u.s. figured out what was happening and what they did about it that lawmakers are trying to fare it out, the details. tillerson said there s a reason the u.s. is not giving details. they are not keen on giving whoever perpetrated this a lot of information about exactly what they did. but the lawmakers are going to be going after the dates. when did this start? how many people? when did you figure it out? what did you do about it? and what do you plan to do about it now? and i imagine part of it is transparency, getting the stuff on the public record so we re not relying on sources say x or y on this, right? trying to get as much of this out. in the absence of details, it has allowed the cuban government to say, how can you possibly justify the really dramatic policy steps you have taken when you can t show anything actually happened. and josh, how do you see secretary tillerson moving forward on this. it seems as though he s adamant he does not want to be forced to staff the hava
unhelpful in providing any real details about exactly what s going on. today, even though the state department is not sharing much of what s happening in cuba, they did take a big dramatic step. they announced they re pulling about 60% of the u.s. embassy staff out of the embassy of the united states and cuba. about 50 americans working at the havana embassy and the only ones to stay behind now are so-called essential staff, people there just to carry out emergency services. the state department has also announced they ll stop processing visas in cuba indefinitely. as of monday, no more visas issued. from the embassy in havana. warning americans against traveling to cuba saying, quote, we are unable to identify the source of the attacks. so this is a very strange story. the administration has not blamed cuba for the attacks. as of now, there appears to be no evidence of culpability that we know of by any particular country or actor, by cuba or
would cause the symptoms that diplomats have experienced in cuba. so we know these incidents started in the fall of last year and then stopped for a while and then this summer, apparently, they picked up again. the most recent reportedly happened in late august. and we know all of that stuff from reporting, not from our government, not from the state department. they ve been tight lipped an unhelpful in providing any real details about exactly what s going on. today, even though the state department is not sharing much of what s happening in cuba, they did take a big dramatic step. they announced they re pulling about 6% of the u.s. embassy staff out of the embassy of the united states and cuba. about 50 americans working at the havana embassy and the only ones to stay behind now are so-called essential staff, people there just to carry out emergency services. the state department has also announced they ll stop processing visas in cuba indefinitely. as of monday, no maore visas
reviewed security footage, they didn t detect anything suspicious. they were also unable to duplicate in a lab anything that would cause the symptoms that diplomats have experienced in cuba. we know these incidents started in the fall of last year, and they would stop for a while. this summer, they picked up again, the most recent incident reportedly happened in late august. we know all that stuff from reporting, not from our government, not from the state department. they have been tight lipped and unhelpful in providing any details about what s going on. even though the state department is not sharing much about what s happening in cuba, they did take a big dramatic step. right now they re about 50 americans working at the havana embassy. the only ones that are going to stay behind are essential staff. there just to carry out emergency services. they ll stop processes visas in
shakeup at the top including a director at the top removed from personal relationships. jay johnson ordered the review after a man jumped the fence and made it inside the first family s home. president obama s plan to restore relations with cuba may s set up the big foreign policy battle. the president could take executive actions to lift restrictions against cuba as early as next month. white house officials telling any action the president takes on his own would be the scope of the embargo. but republicans on capitol hill are reportedly already brainstorming ways to thwart the changes. according to politico they could include blocking funds to reopen the havana embassy, voting down a bill that ease travel restrictions, or simply ignoring white house request to lift the embargo. rand paul come out in support of the president s plan to allow more trade with cuba.