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White House: Obama to meet with whomever he wants in Cuba
http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-obama-meet-whomever-wants-cuba-195928011.htmlWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama alone will decide whom to meet with when he lands in Cuba on a history-making trip later this month, the White House said Friday. It sought to dispel any notion that Cuban officials would have a hand in choreographing the president's activities on the island.
"That's a decision that we'll make on our own, without any sort of negotiation with the Cubans," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
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Earnest was responding to news reports that Secretary of State John Kerry had canceled a solo trip to Cuba before the president's March 21-22 visit, due to disagreements with Cuban officials over which dissidents will get an audience with Obama.
Obama has set meeting with pro-democracy activists on the communist-run island nation as a condition for the trip.
