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Controversy is brewing over news that the department of defense is looking to transfer gitmo detainees to u.s. military sites. many in congress are furious calling this another egregious overstep by the administration. so, is it really a good idea or not? joining us now to weigh in, democratic communication strategist and chairman of the conservative action fund john mccutcheon. john and john, thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. >> is it coincidence that we are just hearing about this plan to bring all these gitmo guys to the u.s. the day after john kerry went on down to havana and mad...

Said heck the embargo is the best thing you have going for you. he said what do you mean? you have a failed economic and political system, and you can blame it all on us and, he gave me a look and turned to my wife who is a registered nurse and said i will talk to you, you are the humanitarian. the united states has a lot to offer with human rights and all of these things can be so helpful. let's get rid of the excuse of the embargo, because that's simply an excuse to say, no when the cuban people want to say yes. >> i always thought if you want to punish the castros, make them deal with sprin...

Many people, it is bittersweet and also mixed emotions when it comes to these dissidents who have actually flatly called this a lame excuse as far as their not being able to attend the ceremony, christopher. >> yes, frances, but i think the direction of everything that you're talking about is one that's going ultimately to help the dissidents and probably going to undermine greatly the regime that the castros have established. you know, i first went to cuba in 1981. and i have been following events there ever since. the whole thing that fidel and raul have created is a revolution of lowered ex...

Allowed to participate at the event. he was dishonest to you in the interview. he said this is a question of space. the fact that the u.s. embassy in havana is five times the size of the cuban embassy in washington, d.c. where 500 people were invited including code pink that was outside partying outside, and yet now they're not going to allow the cuban dissidents at this event in order to raise our flag but lower our standards in regards to human rights. instead, they're going to meet with the disdnlts in a closet. we're going to sweep human rights under the rug and put the dissidents and the ...

On power rather than weakening it and harming our broader efforts to restore american leadership across the hemisphere. the castros were able to blame all of the island's woes on the u.s. embargo, distracting from the regime's failures and delaying their day of reckoning with the cuban people. we were unintentionally helping the regime keep cuba a closed and controlled society rather than working to open it up to positive outside influences the way we did so effectively with the old soviet block and elsewhere. so in 2009 we tried something new. the obama administration made it easier for cuban...