Report angers Cuban Americans in Congress

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Saturday, 10.15.11
Report angers Cuban Americans in Congress
By Juan O. Tamayo

The Obama administration is criticized after reports that it offered to negotiate concessions with Havana over the release U.S. contractor Alan Gross.

By Juan O. Tamayo
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Cuban American leaders blasted the Obama administration Friday for reportedly having offered to discuss with Havana a string of concessions, including cuts in U.S.-funded democracy programs, if it frees U.S. government subcontractor Alan P. Gross.

“Shame on the administration for engaging with the tyrants in Havana. This would set a dangerous precedent and encourage other dictators to take Americans as prisoners,” declared South Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called Gross “a man who was wrongfully jailed in the first place” and added, “Rather than easing sanctions in response to hostage taking, the U.S. should put more punitive measures on the Castro regime.”

Rubio added that until Secretary of State Hillary Clinton explains the reports, the Obama administration’s nomination of Roberta Jackson as assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere “will be in question” — a thinly veiled threat to block her Senate confirmation.

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/15/2454563/report-angers-cuban-americans.html

[flamingdem]

1. Same old foolishness

meanwhile China begins drilling near Florida, ahem, where are our interests Ms. Loba..