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Rounds To Wait And See On Cuba Deal

Rounds To Wait And See On Cuba Deal

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South Dakota Senator-elect Mike Rounds says he will wait and see how relations change between the United States and Cuba. President Obama this week announce the US would re-establish diplomatic connections with Cuba and open an embassy there.

Rounds says he wants to hear more details…

 

Rounds says he will not jump to conclusions…

 

Rounds says better relations could mean an expanded market for the states ag producers…

 

A number of Senators, both republican and democratic, have already announced their opposition to easing the US embargo of Cuba.

 

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