President Obama Will Visit Cuba in Historic Trip Next Month, Sources Say

[IDemo]

Source: ABC News

President Obama is planning a trip to Cuba some time next month, marking the first time in more than 80 years a sitting U.S. president will visit the country, according to sources with knowledge of the plan.

A National Security Council official plans to make the announcement tomorrow at the White House briefing.

The move comes roughly 15 months following the president's pledge with Raul Castro to reopen diplomatic channels following a prisoner exchange and the humanitarian release of U.S. contractor Alan Gross in December 2014.

Since the announcement, the two countries have had a series of diplomatic talks, leading to the reopening of embassies last summer and the recent deal restoring commercial air traffic.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/president-obama-planning-trip-cuba-month-sources/story?id=37015093

[dhill926]

1. fantastic news...

[left-of-center2012]

2. GOP heads will spin

[IDemo]

3. spinning, exploding, GOP heads are fun to watch n/t

[Major Hogwash]

9. Rubio is worried that Obama is only going there to find Rubio's birth certificate!

Oh noes!!!!

[babylonsister]

4. Yes, great news!

Cuba is on my bucket list; I'm glad President Obama is paving the way for this country. It's way past time.

[joshcryer]

5. "Will only be remembered as first black president."

Yeah, no, biggest agent of change in my lifetime.

[Hoppy]

6. ---- always knew he was a pinko, red, commie. This proves it.

[Little Tich]

7. Good news! n/t

[Judi Lynn]

8. Who would have dreamed! Thank you, President Obama. Thanks for posting this great story, IDemo. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

10. Rubio said yesterday ....

A US President shouldn't visit a communist dictatorship!

Both Nixon and Reagan went to China.

[Scurrilous]

11. A letter from President Obama to Miami's Exilios -

My Dearest Gusanos,

Suck on it...

Yours truly,

President Barack Hussein Obama II

44th U.S. President

[madokie]

12. I'd love to go to Cuba

if given a choice between some other state here in America or Cuba I'd pick Cuba.

My health as it is I'm not going anywhere though