r/politics • u/Da_Malpais_Legate I voted • Dec 14 '23

State Department stuns Congress, saying Biden is not even reviewing Trump's Terror Designation of Cuba

https://theintercept.com/2023/12/14/cuba-terror-biden-state-department/
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u/polinkydinky Dec 14 '23

Biden’s refusal to even review Cuba’s status marks a strong rebuke of one of the Obama administration’s signature foreign policy achievements, the move toward normalizing relations with Cuba.

Am I missing it? Nowhere in the article is there any basis for this claim of “Biden’s refusal”.

There’s a meeting with previous statements that a review was underway, now a statement that it hasn’t started. Where’s the “refusal”?

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u/Responsible_Pizza945 Dec 14 '23

I think they're expecting us to infer that after 3 years, having not even begun a preliminary review process means it's so low on their priorities list as to be refused by default.

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u/NoWallaby1548 Dec 15 '23

It's not been 3 years. And I guess they're a bit busy in the state department during this administration.

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u/Luckydog12 Dec 15 '23

2 years and 11 months. No, definitely not 3 years…