Cuba a position that the president also supports. I want to read from you a piece from the miami herald, and get your reaction from it. They write that they have yet to see any significant action from the castro regime that would enhance the Civil Liberties of the cuban people. Do you disagree with that statement . Mr. Earnest what we have seen, john, are some steps like human government has taken, both in terms of releasing some clinical prisoners, and giving the cuban population greater access to information. They are steps that the government previously resisted. I think that is an occasion of some forward progress. I think the other thing i would acknowledge is that our expectations is that the kind of policy changes that the president initiated just seven or eight months ago is strongly in the best interest of the United States and cuban people in the longterm. What we saw is the previous policy that was in place for more than 50 years did not yield any progress that anyone could
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GM Quader, chairman of the Jatiya Party, expressed his commitment to fulfil the aspirations of the people and announced his intention to take oath and join the parliament