Expert. Not a cuba i study the u. S. Cuba relationship. I want to focus on what intrigues me most about washingtons policy toward cuba. That is the mental software we use to undergird our policy. That is what the book is about. What it attempts to explain is what everyone agrees is a dysfunctional policy. Saysirst, as wolf blitzer on the situation room, we have some breaking news. I want to talk about what president obama did yesterday. He announced a relaxation of the u. S. Embargo of cuba. This began in october, 1960. It was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between Richard Nixon and john kennedy. Candidate nixon asked the president to do something to show some spine toward cuba and step thato was the was taken. [no audio] i think there is a little truth in advertising to begin. Not a cuba specialist. I studied the u. S. Chiba relationship. What i would like to spend about 30 minutes doing now is focusing upon what intrigues me most about washingt
to the countries like venezuela individual autonomy. have you ever imagined interviewing richard nixon? were to create a committee to improve the united states and if uh-oh, yeah. i could never outfox that guy. the first chapter of that huge report the venezuelans produce, he was a chess master. this was for injured 23 pages, he was a poker master. if the first chapter was called he thought for five steps ahead of everyone else and of course the movie frost/nixon which came hastening cuba s transition it out this past year which was quite excellent, which basically was a rare moment when seen to was 42 pages with 62 steps the let down his guard, and seems to united states is taking to overthrow the government of cuba have been tested by this petty, now. we can talk about what he would sort of lowbrow television host. say if venezuela did this to us i mean, it is straight out of but the interesting question is loud super guo the best way to why did we concoct this 400 page