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In GOP, Emmer takes the lead on Cuba

January 17, 2016

Allison Sherry, Star Tribune

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House freshman who represents Minnesota's most conservative congressional district has taken on a daunting challenge: Persuading entrenched Republicans to rise above generations of partisan feuding and lift the trade embargo on Cuba.

Republican Rep. Tom Emmer took a trip to Havana last year that dramatically reshaped his perspective on the island under communist rule.

He said he was not moved by the policy arguments or pressure by American businesses looking to cash in, but by the Cuban people...

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