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Obama Nominates First Ambassador to Cuba in Over 50 Years
Obama Nominates First Ambassador to Cuba in Over 50 Years
WASHINGTON - President Obama on Tuesday nominated the first United States ambassador to Cuba in more than a half-century, defying opponents of his policy of rapprochement with the government of President Raúl Castro in an effort to formalize a new relationship between the countries before he leaves office.
nytimes.com




Hooray!
Sweet! He'll never be approved by the senate...
(Still waiting on that Supreme Court nominee, Mitch.)