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Legacy item. he had alan who had been in a cuban prison for years. an american coming home. that piece of the story, we're told that when gross was told they were out of cuban airspace, he put his hands in the air and had a sandwich. it was stressed that alan gross was released on humanitarian grounds and that it was not connected to the rest of the deal, which was if three cuban spies released from the u.s. that had been in a cuban prison. >> today alan returned home, reunited with his family at long last. he was released on humanitarian

And through these exchanges, a younger generation of cuban americans has increasingly questioned an approach that does more to keep cuba closed off from an interconnected world. while i've been prepared to take additional steps for some time, a major obstacle stood in our way. the wrongful imprisonment in cuba of a u.s. citizen and usaid subcontractor, alan gross, for five years. over many months, my administration has held discussions with the cuban government about alan's case and other aspects of our relationship. his holiness, pope francis, issued a personal appeal to me and to cuba's pres...

Flake and i returned to the capitol just before secretary kerry landed, but we deplaned with alan and judy gross. you know, judy gross has been a friend, i knew alan, you know, starting in the early 2000s, and judy has just been relentless and tireless in working to bring alan home. and a number of us have been working hard to help her do that, and we were just pleased to see the smile on alan gross's face when we arrived at the airport in cuba. >> now that i look at that picture, i see that it's alan and judy gross with secretary kerry watching. what did alan gross say to you on the plane? >>...

Ambassadors for our values. and through these exchanges, a younger generation of cuban-americans is increasingly questioned in an approach that does more to keep cuba closed off for an interconnected world. while i've been reprepared to take additional steps for some time, a major obstacle stood in our way. the wrongful imprisonment of alan gross for five years. over many months, my administration has held discussions about alan's case, and other aspects of our relationship. his holiness pope francis issued a personal appeal to me and to cuba's president raul castro, urging us to resolve alan'...

It was stressed that alan gross was released on humanitarian grounds and that it was not connected to the rest of the deal, which was if three cuban spies released from the u.s. that had been in a cuban prison. >> today alan returned home, reunited with his family at long last. he was released on humanitarian grounds. separately, in exchange for the three cuban agents, cuba today released some of the most important intelligence agents the united states has ever had in cuba. >> it is a fallacy to think that cuba will reform because a united states president released his hands and that the castr...