WASHINGTON: Countering criticism from Republican John McCain that he is
naive on foreign policy, Democratic front-runner Barack Obama sought to
toughen his position on meeting with US foes.
Obama's speech yesterday to the Cuban American National Foundation
outlining his conditions for meeting Cuban leader Raul Castro in a
delicate pitch aimed at winning over an important voting bloc in the
November presidential elections.
Obama's speech to the Cuban group came three days after McCain ridiculed
him in Florida for saying he would meet with Castro.
Obama said he would meet with Castro only at a time and place of his
choosing and when there is "an opportunity to advance the interests of
the US and to advance the cause of freedom for the Cuban people."
He said he would maintain the existing trade embargo to use as leverage
for winning democratic change. But he said he would lift restrictions on
family travel and remittances to the island.
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