american president meeting with a communist president named castro in havana. 55 years after eight u.s. aircraft bombed the bay of pigs in an attempt to overthrow the castro dictatorship, air force one flew the last mission of the cold war with russia. once, the world held its breath over cuba.over cuba.esident obaa country still waiting to exhale. margaret brennan is in havana. reporter: it was a striking image, president obama in havana s revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a gesture to a troubled past on a day president obama focused on the future. this is a new day. t reporter: since arriving yesterday, the president has delighted the cuban people by touring old havana and reviewing cuban troops. but after their meeting today, mr. obama said he had a frank discussion with raul castro about cuba s human rights record. to the extent that we can have a good conversation about that and to actually make progress, that i thin
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