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Eugene

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Sun Sep 17, 2017, 04:31 PM Sep 2017

Trump considering closing US embassy in Cuba, Tillerson says

Source: Associated Press

Trump considering closing US embassy in Cuba, Tillerson says

Associated Press in Washington
Sunday 17 September 2017 17.40 BST

The Trump administration is considering closing the recently reopened US Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday.

“We have it under evaluation,” Tillerson said. “It’s a very serious issue with respect to the harm that certain individuals have suffered. We’ve brought some of those people home. It’s under review.”

Tillerson’s comments were the strongest indication to date that the US might mount a major diplomatic response, potentially jeopardizing the historic restart of relations between the US and Cuba. The two former foes reopened embassies in Washington and Havana in 2015 after roughly a half-century of estrangement.

Of the 21 medically confirmed US victims, some have permanent hearing loss or concussions while others have suffered nausea, headaches and ear-ringing. Some are struggling with concentration or common word recall, the Associated Press has reported.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/news-blog/2017/sep/17/trump-closing-us-embassy-cuba-tillerson
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Trump considering closing US embassy in Cuba, Tillerson says (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2017 OP
Last I heard Cuba was as interested in getting Control-Z Sep 2017 #1
Replace it with a Trump casino left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #2

Control-Z

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1. Last I heard Cuba was as interested in getting
Sun Sep 17, 2017, 05:14 PM
Sep 2017

to the bottom of these attacks as the US. Makes you really wonder who would do something like this. Who's got something to gain from it?

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