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Obama, Cuban president to interact at Panama meeting.
WASHINGTON��� President Barack Obama will have an ���interaction��� with Cuban President Raul Castro at this weeks Summit of the Americas in Panama, a senior U.S. official tells CNN.. But in an interview with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman published this weekend, Obama defended the thaw as a ���test��� of a theory that thawing relations could produce better results than the prevailing policy toward Cuba,.. Obama makes first trip to Kenya as President.
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Obama is nearing a decision on whether to remove Cubas designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. The New York Times has the latest. ���The last time President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro met face-to-face was in December 2013 .
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Obama and Castro briefly met on Friday night and shook hands at a dinner for Latin American leaders convening in Panama City. This was a historic moment for the two nations who havent been on speaking terms for over 5 decades. The last time they spoke .
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Obama Meets Ra��l Castro, Making History
PANAMA ��� President Obama and President Ra��l Castro of Cuba met here Saturday in the first face-to-face discussion between the leaders of the two countries in a half-century. Seated beside Mr. Castro in a small room in the convention center downtown .
Obama, Castro Speak by Phone Ahead of Panama Summit.
PANAMA CITY, Panama ��� President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro spoke by phone Wednesday before leaving Washington for the Presidents trip to Jamaica and Panama, a White House official told CNN on Friday. Obama was set to meet face-to-face with Castro on Friday, the first time the leaders have interacted since their nations agreed to renew diplomatic relations after half-a-century of enmity. Obama arrived in Panama late Thursday to��.
Senior Senators Meet With Ra��l Castro - NYTimes.com
As U.S. and Iran Seek Nuclear Deal, Saudi Arabia Makes Its Own Moves. Senior senators met on Thursday with President Ra��l Castro of Cuba and imprisoned American Alan Gross in Havana in efforts to free the aid worker, but they reported no immediate breakthrough. Senators Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of. About. The latest on President Obama, Congress and other political news from Washington -- and around the nation -- from the staff of The New York Times.
Obama has support for Cuba policy ahead of Panama.
. participated in the US-led regional meeting. Cuban President Raul Castro is expected to meet with Obama for the first time since their informal handshake at the 2013 funeral of former South African leader Nelson Mandela.
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Barack Obama meets Raul Castro. The US president is in Panama to attend the Summit of the Americas, and he may meet with Cuban president Raul Castro, though that meeting hasnt been scheduled just yet (paywall). The New York Times says the US is .
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At a recent summit in California sponsored by the Koch brothers-backed Freedom Partners, Paul argued that a half-century of economic embargoes have failed to remove leaders Fidel and Raul Castro. But Cruz, a Cuban-American, said at the time: ���The.
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The New York Times.. And he continued to criticize Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, for stating that he would meet with the leaders of Cuba and other hostile states without preconditions. ���But until that day came I would not in any way, as Senator. Obamas naive ideas about sitting down with thugs like Kim Jong-il, Raul Castro and Ahmadinejad are so manifestly stupid that even the American electorate will understand. Only the left that assumes that all��.
Castros Making Outrageous Demands Ahead Of Obama.
The new friendship between US President Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro may be a bit one sided. Obamas trying really hard to make Castro his new BFF, while Castro (most likely keeping in mind US��.
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Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says the House will take up tax reform when it returns next week, including measures to reform the IRS, roll back the estate tax and make permanent a state and local tax deduction.. Any interaction between Obama and.
Obama, Castro to meet Saturday amid bid to restore Cuba ties
President Barack Obama, and Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, talk with, from left, GE Aviation President and CEO David Joyce, Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney, Copa Chairman Stanley Motta, and Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron, after they .
Obama and Castro hail historic breakthrough for US-Cuba.
Updated 25 Dec 2014. Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban president Raul Castro during Nelson Mandelas memorial service in December 2013. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Alan Yuhas in New York. @alanyuhas. Wednesday 17 December. Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced the restoration of full relations between the United States and Cuba, along with a raft of reconciliatory actions. Obama said the US and Cuba have��.
Sean Penn Interviews Ra��l Castro - The Lede - The New.
MEXICO CITY ��� President Ra��l Castro of Cuba said in an interview conducted in the weeks before the American presidential election that he would be open to meeting with Barack Obama should he be elected, so long as Mr. Castros.. The Lede is a blog that remixes national and international news stories -- adding information gleaned from the Web or gathered through original reporting -- to supplement articles in The New York Times and draw readers in to the��.
McCain Hits Obama on Cuba - First Draft - The New York.
So Raul Castro gets an audience with an American president, and all the prestige such a meeting confers, without having to release political prisoners, allow free media, political parties, and labor unions, or schedule internationally monitored free elections. ���Instead, Senator Obama says he would meet Cubas dictator without any such steps in the hope that talk will make things better for Cubas oppressed people. Meet. And that preparation might take some time.
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President Obama is expected to speak with Cuban President Raul Castro on the sidelines of this weeks Summit of the Americas in Panama City.. LA Times reports on new calls for much more drastic cuts to water usage.. California: Legislative.
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Obama Lobbies for Iran Deal as U.S. Assures on Sanctions
President Obama. Obama spent time Friday calling lawmakers, including the four top leaders of the House and Senate, and U.S. allies in the region to discuss the negotiations and the terms of the preliminary agreement.. The ���announcement deserves.
Obama Discusses Cuba Policy - First Draft - The New York.
In a speech before an influential Cuban American group here, Mr. Obama said he would meet with Cuban leader Raul Castro ���at a time and place of my choosing.��� He derided. He joined the parade of politicians who make the same empty promises year after year, decade after decade.��� Nearly 1,000. When you place the civil rights marches, the I have a dream speeches, or the ���by any means necessary��� rhetoric in their proper places in history? They should all fall��.
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Mr. Obama and President Ra��l Castro will both be at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City today, though they are not scheduled to formally meet. ��� Police tactics. Samsungs new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones go on sale today. The Edge has a .
Obama and the Preconditions Meme - First Draft - The New.
As Senator Barack Obama speaks to the Cuban American National Foundation today, the Republicans are out in full force over his remarks time and again on whether he would meet with the leaders of rogue nations without preconditions. The timing of this back-and-forth is prescient, given that the assumption of power this year by Raul Castro, Fidel Castros brother, holds portent for the future of relations between the United States and Cuba. Whether embargoes will��.
We stand by you: Obama speaks to Cuban dissidents.
US President Barack Obama met two Cuban dissidents Friday, ahead of a historic meeting with the communist regimes leader, Raul Castro. Obama held a closed-door meeting with prominent critics of Castros regime, as well��.
50-YEAR THAW : THEY MEET. Raul Castro Delivers.
50-YEAR THAW : THEY MEET. Raul Castro Delivers Stunning Defense Of President In Speech. I Apologize To Obama. Calls For Reopening Of Embassies.Barack Obama And Cuba President Raul Castro Make History With First Sit-Down Meeting. meeting, Obama said. After 50 years of U.S. embargo toward Cuba, it was time for us to try something new, that it was important for us to engage more directly with the Cuban government and the Cuban people.
Obama Meets Cuban Leader, Making History ��� New York.
Obama Meets Cuban Leader, Making History New York Times PANAMA ��� President Obama and President Ra��l Castro of Cuba met here Saturday, in the first face-to-face discussion between the leaders of the two countries��.
Obama signals that Cuba soon will be taken off list of state sponsors of terrorism
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Obama meets Cuba leader Raul Castro in Panama City.
Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet, launch new era of U.S.-Cuba ties. PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) ��� Ending a decades-long standstill in U.S.-Cuba relations, President Barack Obama met for an hour Saturday with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro, the first time the two nations top leaders have sat down for substantive. ���I want to make sure I have a chance to read it, study it before we announce publicly what the policy outcome is going to be,��� Obama said.
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