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We're a long way from the embargo ending. Look at what just happened with the rollback of Obama's Cuba policies. Two idiot congressmen convinced…

— Achy Obejas

From the moment he took office in January of 1961, Kennedy had been eager to settle the Cuban problem without overt military action by…

— Robert Dallek

Let's be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn't secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote positive change…

— Amy Klobuchar

The U.S. is re-establishing relations with Cuba. But before President Obama can lift the embargo, it will need approval from the Republican-controlled Congress -…

— Jimmy Fallon

In terms of the nature of the continuation of the Cold War, which has gone on so long between Cuba and the United States,…

— Bernie Sanders

“You can trade with ninety-five percent of the rest of the world. Stop blaming the American embargo for all your problems. Your problems are…

— Nelson DeMille

President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the cards.

— Colin Powell

In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge…

— Gore Vidal

“When Kennedy took over from Eisenhower, the CIA spelled out much the same concerns. In July 1961 the CIA observed that “The extensive influence…

— Keith Bolender

President John F. Kennedy demonstrated the value of presidential credibility at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, when he sent emissaries to America's…

— Antony Blinken

Hillary Clinton supported concessions to the Castro brothers and got almost nothing in return for ending the embargo.

— Chris Christie

“To smooth over Castro’s ruffled feathers; Khrushchev eventually wrote him a personal letter explaining his reasons for reaching an agreement with the United States…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise