Republican (Coleman) visits Cuba, hardens embargo position [View All]

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U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, a Republican from Minnesota, is reportedly hardening his position on Cuba just 24 hours into a visit to the Communist-run nation, a source in his four-member delegation told Reuters on Saturday.

Coleman has in the past favored easing the more than four-decade- old U.S. embargo on Cuba, even though U.S. President George W. Bush strongly supports the sanctions. ---

Coleman is chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

The senator planned to also explore the sale of agricultural products to Cuba from his state, which is a major food producer. ---