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Hillary Clinton: End the Cuban embargo; that will shift onus to Castros

Hillary Clinton says she has urged President Obama to lift the US embargo against Cuba, arguing the policy has hurt citizens of both nations. "Since 1960, the United States had maintained an embargo against the island in hopes of squeezing Castro from power, but it only succeeded in giving him a foil to blame for Cuba's economic woes," Clinton writes in an excerpt from her new book.

Clinton said she told Obama the embargo "wasn't achieving its goals" and "was holding back our broader agenda across Latin America."

"I thought we should shift the onus onto the Castros to explain why they remained undemocratic and abusive," Clinton writes. But President Obama ultimately decided to maintain the economic restrictions, she said.

In 2011, the White House said it would allow students seeking academic credit and churches making religious trips to visit the island. Additionally, the administration expanded the number of US airports permitted to offer charter service to the island.

Source: Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton, A.P. pre-release excerpts Jun 6, 2014

John Kasich: No more dickering & delays: Syria's Assad has got to go

Kasich called out Russia, which this week began airstrikes in Syria. Moscow maintains the strikes are targeting Islamic State fighters but U.S. officials have disputed that claim, saying the areas hit were strongholds of rebels seeking to oust President Bashar Assad. "We're not interested in military cooperation in Syria with Russia," Kasich said. "Their only interest is in propping up their puppet, Assad. They used the pretext of ISIS to go in and bomb rebels who are trying to remove Assad."

Kasich also sharply criticized President Barack Obama for what he said were years of inaction in the region that has allowed Assad to remain in power. "No more dickering, no more delaying, no more negotiations, he has to go," Kasich said of Assad. "The longer we look at the void that America has created in this world, the more chaos we have. The time has come for the United States to act."

Source: A.P./Yahoo News 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Oct 2, 2015

Marty Walsh: Refused to put up tax dollars for Olympics cost overruns

Boston's mayor delivered a harsh blow to the city's effort to host the 2024 Olympics when he declared that he wouldn't sign any document until he's assured the taxpayers won't have to foot the bill. "I will not sign a document that puts one dollar of taxpayers' money on the line for one penny of overruns on the Olympics," he said.
Source: ESPN/A.P. on Boston Mayor re: "2024 Olympics" Dec 31, 2020

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