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Statement on Historic Obama, Castro Meeting

Statement

Date: April 11, 2015
Location: Burlington, VT
Issues: Foreign Affairs

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro held the first formal meeting of the two country's leaders in a half century:

"Fifty years of Cold War is enough. I applaud President Obama for turning the page on U.S-Cuba relations, for meeting with Raul Castro and for moving toward full normalized relations with Cuba. This is an approach that is long overdue."


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