> if you're going to recognize them diplomatically, have more commerce with them, there has to be some opening on their part towards democracy. there was none in this engagement. >> diplomacy and politics for the "washington post." anne joins us now. with a welcome, before we get to all of the politics of this, can you recap how this went down this week? we did not hear about this until alan gross was on a plane home. how did that happen? >> well, the white house and the state department are quite pleased that they were able to keep it under wraps. a few reporters did know bits and pieces of it, but not enough to put the whole thing together Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
> if you're going to recognize them diplomatically, have more commerce with them, there has to be some opening on their part towards democracy. there was none in this engagement. >> diplomacy and politics for the "washington post." anne joins us now. with a welcome, before we get to all of the politics of this, can you recap how this went down this week? we did not hear about this until alan gross was on a plane home. how did that happen? >> well, the white house and the state department are quite pleased that they were able to keep it under wraps. a few reporters did know bits and pieces of it, but not enough to put the whole thing together Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies." property="og:description">
> if you're going to recognize them diplomatically, have more commerce with them, there has to be some opening on their part towards democracy. there was none in this engagement. >> diplomacy and politics for the "washington post." anne joins us now. with a welcome, before we get to all of the politics of this, can you recap how this went down this week? we did not hear about this until alan gross was on a plane home. how did that happen? >> well, the white house and the state department are quite pleased that they were able to keep it under wraps. a few reporters did know bits and pieces of it, but not enough to put the whole thing together Get Live News Updates Every Minute from vimarsana.com Curated from 23000 News Agencies.">
if we engage, we have the opportunity to influence the course of events at a time when there's going to be some generational change in that country. and i think we should seize it, and i intend to do so. >> well, on the other side, marco rubio this morning on "meet the press" begged to differ. >> if you're going to recognize them diplomatically, have more commerce with them, there has to be some opening on their part towards democracy. there was none in this engagement. >> diplomacy and politics for the "washington post." anne joins us now. with a welcome, before we get to all of the politics of this, can you recap how this went down this week? we did not hear about this until alan gross was on a plane home. how did that happen? >> well, the white house and the state department are quite pleased that they were able to keep it under wraps. a few reporters did know bits and pieces of it, but not enough to put the whole thing together