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Transcripts For CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141218

Caribbean nation. He spoke at the white house following the release of alan gross. U. S. Release three cuban agents in the exchange. This is 15 minutes. Good afternoon. Today, the United States of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. The most significant changes in a policy in fifty years, well end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests. And instead, we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. We intend to begin a new chapter among the nations of the americas. There is accommodated history there is a complicated history between the United States and cuba. I was born in 1961, just over two years after fidel castro took power in cuba, and just a few months after the bay of pigs invasion. Over the next several decades, the relationship between our countries played out against the backdrop of the cold w ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141218

Invasion, which tried to overthrow his regime. Over the next several decades, the relationship between our countries played out against the backdrop of the cold war, and americas steadfast opposition to communism. We are separated by just over 90 miles. But year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries. Meanwhile, the Cuban Exile Community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country in politics and business, culture and sports. Like immigrants before, cubans helped remake america, even as they felt a painful yearning for the land and families they left behind. All of this bound america and cuba in a unique relationship, at once family and foe. Proudly, the United States has supported democracy and human rights in cuba through these five decades. We have d ....

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