As the President said last night, we allowed this ship to reach Cuba in order to provide humanitarian needs to the Cuban people. These decisions are being made on a case by case basis. And as the administration has said, Cuba's nonfunctional economy cannot be fixed unless they undergo dramatic political and leadership change. But there has been no formal change with respect to sanction policy, so you could expect more tankers to miss Again, these decisions are being made on a case by case basis right now. (23:18–23:25)
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Asserts that Cuba needs significant political and leadership changes to fix its economy.
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