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iTablet Beta Tester Breaks Embargo

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Steve Jobs, Itablet, Mac, Apple Tablet Computer, Apple, Kindle, Publishing, Ereader, Beta Test, Embargo, Books News
Gerald Sindell

Recently I was given just 24 hours to explore a first production build of the Apple iTablet -- and here are my first impressions and discoveries.

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Howard Berman/Richard Lugar Bipartisan Team Call for End to Cuba Travel Ban

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom to Travel, Bill Delahunt, Embargo, Latin America, John Kerry, US-Cuba Travel, US Economic Policy, US Foreign Policy, Howard Berman, Jeff Flake, Cuba, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar, Miami Herald, Politics News
Steve Clemons

It is a remarkable but true fact that the US government cannot stop regular Americans from traveling to North Korea, Burma, Iran, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Congo, or any other complicated place in the world, except Cuba.

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Cuba's Soft Power: Exporting Doctors Rather Than Revolution

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Bruno Rodriguez, Central America, Pakistan, United Nations, Henry Reeves Brigade, US Foreign Policy, China, Medical Diplomacy, Susan Rice, Smart Power, US-Cuba Relations, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Sichuan Earthquake, Kashmir, Soft Power, Cuba, World News
Steve Clemons

I would have encouraged Cuba's foreign minister to say that the embargo was an anachronism of the Cold War, has not achieved the goals the US had for it, and harmed both Cuban and US interests.

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Cuba United Nations Vote Today: US Should Abstain

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Shultz, Susan Rice, Latin America, United Nations, Embargo, Brent Scowcroft, Israel, Cuba, Jim McGovern, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Increasing numbers of national security leaders of the likes of Brent Scowcroft and George Shultz have said that the US embargo of Cuba makes no sense and harms American interests.

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Former Sec. of State George Shultz: Quote Me - End the US-Cuba Embargo

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: George Shultz, Embargo, US-Cuba Relations, Henry Kissinger, Cuba Travel Ban, Center for Democracy in the Americas, Sam Nunn, Cuba, William Perry, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News
Steve Clemons

Former Reagan Administration Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State George Shultz thinks that the US embargo against Cuba should "simply be lifted."

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U.S. Seeking Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

The New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

Read More: Khamenei, Qom, Trade, Sanctions, Obama, Oil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Embargo, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, U.N., Tehran, Israel, Un, Iaea, World News

The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a ...

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Signs of Seduction and Change Sprout on Cuban Bodies

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Social Change, Generation Y, Capitalism, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Capitalism: A Love Story, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Dying your hair blue, getting a tattoo or attaching a ring to your navel is no longer seen as an ideological debility. Signs have begun to sprout on bodies, of seduction and change.

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Cuba at a Crossroads

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.05.2009 | World

Read More: Steve Clemons, Congressional Black Caucus, New Merica Foundation, Julia Sweig, Travel Ban, Carnegie Endowment for Peace, Council on Foreign Relations, Cuban Revolution, Daniel Bruno Sanz, Embargo, Fidel Castro, David, Summit of the Americas, Cuba Sanctions, Carlos Lage, Raul Castro, Cuba, Jeffrey Davidow, Cuba Policy, Rothkopf, World News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

TO THE HONORABLE BARACK OBAMA, 44TH PRESIDENT OF...

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Cheap Grace

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cuba, Embargo, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama 2008, Obama Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, Barack Obama Embargo, Foreign Affairs, Cuban Embargo, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Cuban Americans, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

In area after area for Obama, much goodwill can be garnered simply by embracing common sense. Call it cheap grace. A good place to start would be with changing our preposterous policy towards Cuba.

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As Cuba's Regime Turns 50, How About Some Common Sense -- Finally?

David Paul Appell | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Cuba, Castro, Embargo, Eric Holder, Foreign Policy, Cuban-Americans, Latin America, Greg Craig, Obama Cuba, Obama Cuba Policy, Who Is Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro Cuba, Barack Obama Cuba, Politics News
David Paul Appell

The brothers Castro have outfoxed ten U.S. presidents, thanks partly to the embargo put in place by John Kennedy in 1961, before Barack Obama was born. Chances are they won't outlast an eleventh.

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How Mean Can the Bush Administration Be?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Disaster Relief, Cuba, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike, Foreign Aid, US Foreign Aid, Condi Rice, Hurricane, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuban Relief Aid, Disaster Aid, Relief Aid, Cuban Aid, Hurricane Aid, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

The Bush administration has offered $100,000 worth of aid to hurricane-battered Cuba; this is but a pittance compared to what is needed by one of our closest neighbors. Someone should remind Bush that the Cold War is over.

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In Cuba This Summer, The Carrot and The Stick

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

Read More: Castro, Raul Castro, Cuba Land Reform, Embargo, Cuba Embargo, US-Cuba Policy, Cuban Embargo, Cuba, Dissidents, Foreign Policy, World News
David Paul Appell

Since Fidel Castro stepped aside last February, there has in fact been real change afoot down in Cuba. The nation's development is more than cosmetic: it's a matter of survival for the ruling class.

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Barack Obama, Comunista y Terrorista? / Communist and Terrorist?

David Paul Appell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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David Paul Appell

The U.S. doesn't have to embrace Cuba at this time, but we do need to engage, because if we don't evolve too, history won't absolve us. Obama understands this.

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