Menendez Rips Into White House for Pressuring Cuban Removal From Terror List
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the former Foreign Relations Committee ranking member, voiced opposition on April 9 to reports that the Obama administration aims to remove Cuba from the State Department’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, saying the removal would…
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be “another significant misstep in a misguided policy” on Cuba. State hasn’t yet indicated publicly it intends to remove Cuba from the list, although the agency is reportedly headed in that direction (here). In his statement (here), Menendez listed several instances of Cuban government involvement in terrorism activities. Cuba is one of four countries on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list (here), which authorizes U.S. sanctions. Menendez stepped down as Foreign Relations ranking member following a Justice Department indictment against him over corruption allegations (see 1504020058).