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Jonathan Jackson: “President Castro asked those two countries [Angola and…”

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 18:53

So when I was in Angola and in Namibia to see, at their Independence Day, to see Cuban jet fighters leaving the country in Luanda, Angola, in Namibia, in Windhoek, to go back, and President Castro asked those two countries [Angola and Namibia] for one thing. He says, let me bring back the bodies of my soldiers. He didn't want their critical minerals. He wasn't trying to do oil deals with them. He wasn't trying to buy their land. He. He simply wanted to bring his soldiers back that had died. (18:53–19:03)

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Asserts that Castro only requested the return of Cuban soldiers' bodies from Angola and Namibia.

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