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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: flowers on December 13, 2013, 05:35:22 pm

Title: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: flowers on December 13, 2013, 05:35:22 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2522263/Obama-shook-Ra-l-Castros-hand-SIX-MONTHS-secret-U-S-Cuba-talks-report-claims.html

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U.S. and Cuban officials have held mid-level discussions in Washington and Havana
'We're in talks' with Cuba on a wide range of issues, agreed Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes on Tuesday
Middle-men including Latin American diplomats have also been carrying messages back and forth between Washington and Havana
U.S.-Cuba relations have seen an unprecedented thaw since President Obama took office, and a host of lawmakers with Cuban ties are upset
America's 50-year-long trade embargo with the communist nation has been slammed by the UN but embraced by survivors of the Castro regime
Title: Re: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: flowers on December 13, 2013, 05:36:12 pm
White House: Obama-Castro handshake not 'pre-planned'

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/12/obama-shakes-hands-with-cubas-raul-castro-179261.html

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As President Obama made his way through a crowd of 90 other world leaders in Johannesburg on Tuesday, he shook a surprising hand: that of Cuban President Raul Castro.

Video cameras caught the handshake, which came as Obama reached out to dozens of other leaders during the song that preceded his eulogy of Mandela

The moment was not "a pre-planned encounter," a White House official said. "Above all else, today is about honoring Nelson Mandela, and that was the president's singular focus at the memorial service. We appreciate that people from all over the world are participating in this ceremony."

Though undoubtedly a polite gesture meant to honor Mandela's legacy, the handshake also comes not long after Obama indicated a desire to update U.S. policies toward Cuba.
Title: Re: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: truth_seeker on December 13, 2013, 05:48:37 pm
So it is probably ANOTHER lie, that it was not pre-planned?
Title: Re: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: mountaineer on December 13, 2013, 05:56:35 pm
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The moment was not "a pre-planned encounter," a White House official said.
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Title: Re: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: SouthTexas on December 13, 2013, 08:06:27 pm
He can talk to every thug, despot, and tyrant but he can't talk to the Republicans?
Title: Re: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: Rapunzel on December 13, 2013, 08:18:31 pm
Quote from: SouthTexas on December 13, 2013, 08:06:27 pm
He can talk to every thug, despot, and tyrant but he can't talk to the Republicans?

In his mind the GOP is the despots.
Title: Re: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: SouthTexas on December 13, 2013, 09:57:11 pm
Quote from: Rapunzel on December 13, 2013, 08:18:31 pm
In his mind the GOP is the despots.

And in the minds of the rest of the rats, the media, and half the republican party-I.E. rinos.
Title: Re: Obama shook Raúl Castro's hand after SIX MONTHS of secret U.S.-Cuba talks, report claims
Post by: Fishrrman on December 14, 2013, 03:34:03 am
Looks like "normalization" of relations with Cuba is in the works.

The "handshake" was "the setup"...