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In reply to the discussion: Here it is, the speech heard around the world today [View all]Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)16. It's a perfectly legitimate question:
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http://www.ibtimes.com/us-cuba-relations-guantanamo-bay-will-not-be-closed-part-thaw-white-house-says-1761851US Cuba Relations: Guantanamo Bay Will Not Be Closed As Part Of Thaw, White House Says
By Dennis Lynch @neato_itsdennis on December 17 2014 4:56 PM
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base will not be under discussion, the White House said on Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama announces a shift in policy toward Cuba in an address to the nation from Washington, Dec. 17, 2014. Reuters/Doug Mills/Pool
Re-engagement with Cuba will not affect the status of the U.S. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, the White House said Wednesday, according to McClatchy DC.
President Barack Obama's announcement of restored relations between the two companies came as Cuba released Alan Gross, an American who has been held there for five years. The U.S. released three Cuban nationals in exchange.
Cuba reportedly asked the U.S. to return Guantanamo, a 45-square-mile plot of land on the southeast tip of the island, but the U.S declined. American military has detained high-value prisoners captured in the War on Terror there since 2002.
Obama said his broad approach to Cuba will include re-establishing a diplomatic relationship, easing travel restrictions so as to reconnect families and promote economic growth in Cuba, and ending an embargo that went into effect in 1960. Lifting the embargo would require a vote in Congress.
The status of the Guantanamo Bay facilities is not mentioned in either of the White Houses press releases on Cuba, even though the administration stated it did in fact want to close the controversial facility. A number of Guantanamo prisoners -- who do not have the right of habeas corpus -- have gone on hunger strike to protest their continued imprisonment without trial.
A number of Guantanamo detainees were subject to the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques," which critics call torture, before they were interned there. An exhaustive report by the Senate Intelligence Committee released last week shed light on the tactics.
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Some Afro Cuban music - this is for Ellegua the door opener - who clears obstacles
flamingdem
Dec 2014
#5
Here it is, the speech heard in Central America (you know states that start with a vowel, and such)
Brother Buzz
Dec 2014
#9
I was still reeling from all the Judicial Nominees CONFIRMED.. and our New SG, Dr Vetek Murthy..
Cha
Dec 2014
#17