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We are saying u.s. personnel, had come down with some mysterious symptoms involving hearing loss to begin with. there are other symptoms, too, that we have learned about, they were pinpointing this as happening late last year in their residences outside the embassy in havana. this supposedly affected six people, thats what they said last week but we have learned that actually it was more like 12-18 people, definitely in the double digits, our sources say, and also, that this occurred much earlie...

Come down with some sort of mysterious symptoms involving hearing loss to begin with. there are other symptoms, too, that we have learned about, they were pinpointing this as happening late last year in their residences outside the embassy in havana. this supposedly affected six people, thats what they said last week but we have learned that actually it was more like 12-18 people, definitely in the double digits, our sources say, and also, that this occurred much earlier than we previously thoug...

When we intervened in syria after the chemical weapons attack and bombed, you know, facilities involved in murdering civilians that the language was the language of human rights and about children who shouldnt be killed by their government. when we try to reverse some of the steps on the cuba normalization process that we had unleashed, again, last week or whatever that was, the language was all about human rights in cuba. now, what wont work is to give speeches about deemphasizing and other spe...

Mollie, your thoughts? >> we had a different policy with cuba because it is a place you are not free to emigrate from, and acumen population is one that assimilates here well and is a successful group. president obama wanted to send a message, that cuba, as part of his normalization process, is not as bad as we thought in the past, although im not sure why he wants to do that. the big challenge is that we havent gotten a lot from this normalization agreement. even this policy change, we didnt ge...

Mollie, your thoughts? >> we had a different policy with cuba because it is a place you are not free to emigrate from, and acumen population is one that assimilates here well and is a successful group. president obama wanted to send a message, that cuba, as part of his normalization process, is not as bad as we thought in the past, although im not sure why he wants to do that. the big challenge is that we havent gotten a lot from this normalization agreement. even this policy change, we didnt ge...

After the shooting, the assassin yelled in turkish "dont forget aleppo, dont forget syria." russia has supported the syrian government which has reportedly carried out execution-style killings of citizens in allen mow, a -- aleppo. and putin said this committed crime is undoubtedly a provocation. theres only one possible response to this, the strengthening of the fight against terror and bandits will feel it themself the. turkeys president said we know this is a provocation aiming to destroy the...

Naval base at guantanamo that was leased in 1901. big challenges for john kerry. >> the united states hold on the hemisphere because of the occupation of guantanamo bay, because of the trade embargo. as long as those two issues and others stand in the way, how far can you go toward normalizing relations relations? >> obviously, those are key issues in the normalization process. we both said o today that it will be long and complex. president obama wants to lift the embargo, thinks we should i ag...

Of that comes back to haunt us. im not convinced, the administration has not made the case that this is what has to happen. >> the president today said he is submitting to congress a request to rescind cubas listing as a state sponsor of terror as part of the normalization process with cuba. will you support that? >> look i supported the president on lifting the travel ban. i think it was a freedom issue. i think americans should have the right to travel anywhere in the world that they want, inc...

Should we expect an unofficial visit either to cuba or from cubas leadership to the u.s. any time soon? >> well again, he will certainly be at the summit it will be the first time he will join that summit. he will interact with castro as he interacts with all the leaders. as we look out towards a potential visit to cuba we want to assess what type of progress we are making in the normalization process. there have been some positive signs. some release of political prisoners, some cuban commitmen...

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