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Published 11/26/2008 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

Castro reportedly told an interviewer he would be willing to meet with Obama. (CNN) – The Obama transition team declined comment Wednesday on a report that Cuban President Raul Castro might be interested in meeting with the president-elect at Guantanamo Bay, and had told an interviewer Cubans could "send [Obama] home with the American flag that [...] (link)

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