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Jonathan Jackson: “After Nelson Mandela got out of jail and he came to the…”

Featuring: Jonathan Jackson, Democratic | U.S. House Illinois, 1st Congressional District

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We Went to Cuba | Rep. Jonathan Jackson | #20

Published | Video Starts at 19:20

He wasn't trying to buy their land. He. He simply wanted to bring his soldiers back that had died. And so I saw the courageousness of the Cuban people. And After Nelson Mandela got out of jail and he came to the United States, he left the United States to go to Cuba to thank President Castro. And you remember that interview? I sure do. Where like Ted Koppel says, why are you going to see them? That's going to create problems. (19:20–19:28)

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Asserts that Mandela visited Cuba to thank Castro after his release from jail.

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