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Obama Reverses the Cuban Travel Ban

By | 04.13.09 | 4:08 pm

Aaron hit this earlier, but the Obama administration has lifted the ban on Cuban families in the United States visiting their Cuban relatives. Human Rights Watch welcomes the move but says in a release that the administration should have gone further:

Congress should promptly extend to all Americans the

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Obama to Reverse Cuba Travel Policy Today

By | 04.13.09 | 1:07 pm

President Obama will announce today that the United States will lift its long-standing ban on travel by Cuban-Americans to their homeland, according to The Washington Post.

The Post also reports that Obama will “relax the rules governing what items can be sent to the island,” which presumably means eliminating More…