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What We Are Reading… December 19, 2014

by | Dec 19, 2014 | Monitor

International News Cuba FACT SHEET: Charting a New Course on Cuba The Office of the Press Secretary / White House Today, the United States is taking historic steps to chart a new course in our relations with Cuba and to further engage and empower the Cuban people. We...

Key Quotes on the U.S.-Cuba Relations

by | Dec 19, 2014 | Monitor

U.S. Leaders Our shift in policy towards Cuba comes at a moment of renewed leadership in the Americas. This April, we are prepared to have Cuba join the other nations of the hemisphere at the Summit of the Americas. But we will insist that civil society join us so...

President Obama: “Happy Hanukkah, Everybody!”

by | Dec 17, 2014 | Monitor

We've koshered the kitchen and set up the menorah. And this afternoon, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed hundreds of guests here at the White House for the second night of Hanukkah. Watch on YouTube Joined by the First Lady and Rabbi Bradley...

The Cuban Twitter: Doomed from the Start

by | Apr 4, 2014 | Monitor

With news breaking this week about USAID’s creation of a “Cuban Twitter,” it’s a perfect time to discuss the alignment of public diplomacy goals and the tools used to accomplish them. In this case, the tools, goals, concept, and the executor of the plan were all...