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Boucher’s comment came as he was defending the State Department’s last minute decision to deny visas to 65 Cuban scholars heading for a conference in Las Vegas. According to Boucher, it was in the interest of the United States to suppress the free exchange of information because the “so-called academics” were mere hacks coming to “spout the party line.” As such, it was in the national interest to make sure the Cuban government would “feel the pressure...
...quest to be the first Cuban-American Senator, former HUD Secretary Mel Martinez, 57, says he is the "testament of the American Dream." He's also part of the President's dream; the White House picked Martinez to help Bush win Hispanic votes. The vitriol Martinez aimed at his chief rival in the primary turned off many Floridians. Now he faces Betty Castor, 63, a moderate former state education commissioner, who touts herself as a seamless replacement for popular retiring Senator Bob Graham...
...Zelikow previously worked together on The Kennedy Tapes, a book about the Cuban missile crisis published...
Taylor S. Gross, a White House spokesman, declined to comment on the decision but said that the president has taken multiple measures to “bring democracy and an end to the Cuban regime,” including creating a commission dedicated to “a free Cuba...
Prior to a similar conference last year, discussions involving the State Department, congressional leaders and Harvard led to the eventual approval of visas for most of the Cuban academics, Coatsworth said. This year, however, the conference organizers worked directly with the State Department and a decision was not rendered until Oct. 1, he said...