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Mostly positive reaction to this, even among the cuban-american community in miami. a cuban-american man in little havana is saying i just want to know what took so long. in the case of marco rubio really being hypocrite call, he voted for the ambassador to china. he sent a senior staffer on a junket to china, paid for by the communist chinese government and when he was asked about it by the press, defended it by saying it sometimes you have to engage with these regimes to advance americas inter...

Point where youre hearing mostly positive reaction to this, even among the cuban-american community in miami. a cuban-american man in little havana is saying i just want to know what took so long. in the case of marco rubio really being hypocrite call, he voted for the ambassador to china. he sent a senior staffer on a junket to china, paid for by the really being hypocrite call, he voted for the ambassador to china. he sent a senior staffer on a junket to china, paid for by the communist chines...

And remember how much more you knew about those places or any foreign country after youd actually been there? with cuba, that difference is more dramatic than with most countries because we have so little information about real life in cuba. i knew a lot about the history of cuban-american relations before i went to cuba, but in a certain sense, i knew nothing about cuba. i approve of every so-called junket that members of congress and their staffs go on to foreign countries, because it is bette...

Remember how you talked about a foreign country, say, italy or france or china before you went there. and remember how much more you knew about those places or any foreign country after youd actually been there? with cuba, that difference is more dramatic than with most countries because we have so little information about real life in cuba. i knew a lot about the history of cuban-american relations before i went to cuba, but in a certain sense, i knew nothing about cuba. i approve of every so-c...

Seems like its going to be a step away from accountability, away from disclosing. as we know, most recently congressman charlie rangel got in some trouble even though he had just won his primary, the democrat up in new york, because he had forgotten to disclose a junket to china. >> okay. jake tapper, thank you. welcome back from vacation. we missed you for the week. well see you, sir, at the top of the hour on "the lead". >> thanks, brooke. a baby injured when a police grenade exploded in his...

850 miles with a shortcut through akron. but this is an annual junket for republicans. they all fly out, and d.c. lobbyists and others with money turn up and pay $5,000 a person, and that boosts these wisconsin republicans prospects back at home. and there, bill kramer is accused of sexually harassing two women, both verbally and physically. its alleged that he hugged and touched a staffers breasts.

Next junket. the last thing i want is for him to draw a line that hes not committed to cross, stumbling into another war with the russians. thats my take. watch "house of cards" suck your thumb, i dont care what you do. hard men in capital cities have taken notice. this is too dangerous and he should stay out. >> i disagree. the president should stop the selfies, stop the pop culture and all the "between two ferns" and all that and focus. i have two things to say since i was allowing you to have...

Next junket. the last thing i want is for him to draw a line that hes not committed to cross, stumbling into another war with the russians. thats my take. watch "house of cards" suck your thumb, i dont care what you do. hard men in capital cities have taken notice. this is too dangerous and he should stay out. >> i disagree. the president should stop the selfies, stop the pop culture and all the "between two ferns" and all that and focus. i have two things to say since i was allowing you to have...

But companies say thats the cost of doing business. eventually creating jobs and making the economy work for everybody. >> its not a junket for the employees of the company. its a business development venture. so you send your salespeople to the super bowl to build relationships, to do business. >> to some, its a super sides example of an inequality in america and unlikely to change any time soon. its the cost of doing big business in america. think about all the other big sporting events of the...

Brilliant. this is other worldly. in both cases, however, athletes pave the way for diplomats to do the heavy lifting. our state department goes postal when its cut out of a deal. former new mexico governor bill richardson, who made a pilgrimage to pyongyang to gain release of mr. bae said testily that mr. rodman had crossed the line. but wait. what if mr. rodman with his tattoos, nose rings, permanent sunglasses and general jive is actually sharing details of his junket into the bad korea with ...