U.S.-Cuba Policy 'Caught Between Conflicting Impulses'
Daniel Erikson, director of Caribbean programs at the Inter-American Dialogue, says that expectations of change in U.S.-Cuba policy under...
Interviewee: Caleb McCarry
Interviewer: Stephanie Hanson
February 21, 2007
Caleb McCarry, Cuba transition coordinator at the U.S. State Department, discusses U.S. policy toward Cuba, the recent Government Accountability Office report criticizing oversight of the program to fund democracy in Cuba, and U.S. government support for a democratic transition in Cuba.
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