The President’s New Cuba Policy and U.S. National Security

Agenda:

Chairman Duncan on the hearing: “In 1982, Cuba was designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism for providing critical support to many terrorist organizations. Today, given the links between Cuba and China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia and the close proximity to the U.S. homeland, I am deeply concerned about the U.S. national security implications of the Administration’s Cuba policy change. Cuba continues to support terrorist organizations, and it was caught red-handed proliferating weapons to North Korea as recently as last year. Cuba has also been stunningly successful in espionage against the U.S., in trafficking U.S. national security secrets to hostile regimes, and in benefiting from a criminal pipeline spanning Cuba to Florida. This hearing will examine the U.S. national security implications of the President’s Cuba policy change and potential vulnerabilities to Americans as a result.”

 

Witnesses:

Mr. Chris Simmons

Editor

Cuba Confidential

 

Mr. Fernando Menéndez

Senior Fellow

Center for a Secure Free Society

 

José Azel, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate

Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies

University of Miami

 

The Honorable Dennis K. Hays

Director

The Emergence Group