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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20150411 21:01:00

a short time ago when the two men sat down for an informal one-on-one talk you re seeing it right there, we re going to talk about what was said. this was castro s first appearance at the event. for many years he and the former leader of cuba have not been invited. castro used the occasion to lecture the assembly on the long list of grievances cuba has with the united states. among them he said the u.s. holds onto that naval base at guantanamo bay without any legal right. he also said 77% of the cuban population grew up under the economic hardships of u.s.-imposed embargoes of goods and trade. he also referred back to the failed cia mission at the bay of pigs in 1961. he called the people involved bandits. but then this was just a moment that took a lot of people by surprise, when he was done with that castro apologized directly to president obama for the heated rhetoric saying that he doesn t hold obama personally responsible for what ten u.s. presidents did before him. the point is

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20150411 21:08:00

now. buck sexton also with me cnn political commentator, former cia strategist and former cia counterterrorism official. let me begin with you, professor. tell us how significant this is historically speaking. we know the facts that this is the sort of highest ranking meeting between the u.s. official and cuban official since 1959. but give us more context. this is a breakthrough. i think this is a combination of many changes, the cold war ending a thawing of the tension over imperialism. even though you heard some of that in castro s discussion and most important a change in the politics of florida and other parts of the country where generational change is allowing american politicians to change course. so if this culminates with an end of the embargo, with the terrorism list shift taking place, i think it is significant in u.s. foreign policy. not just with cuba but for the entire region. phil, let s talk about whether or not we may hear the

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20150411 21:07:00

u.s. intervention in the region. he accused the united states of cropping up cruel dictators, he talked about guantanamo bay. and then he turned to president obama and apologized saying he didn t blame obama for this. this is part of a strategy. you have to remember this is a man who was in the trenches. barack obama says listen this is ancient history for me. i wasn t even born when some of this stuff happened. well raul castro was not only born he was a participant. he was one of the main protagonists in this. so he has to not distance himself too much from this more than 50 years of warring with the united states and yet somehow get closer to obama. so this is a bit of a game and a very delicate balancing act for him, poppy. absolutely. and it is history unfolding as we speak there in panama. thank you very much shasta and jim acosta to you as well. let s talk about this with our panel. let me bring them in. presidential historian at princeton university also the author of the fie

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