New York City's not about an individual, new York City's not about Secretary Secretary David Shulkin or anyone else, New York City's about having competent service, competent leadership. I don't care if Secretary Shulkin or anyone else are a Republican or a Democrat.

Wayne Smith

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It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights. But the U.S. policy is exactly the wrong way to go about it.

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Cuba seems to have the same effect on US administrations as the f... by Wayne Smith

Cuba seems to have the same effect on US administrations as the full moon has on werewolves.

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I mean, President Trump says -- and in his mind, maybe he believes it's true -- but he says he really cares about veterans, but he doesn't understand us.

It's a very real, integral part of my life. by Wayne Smith

It's a very real, integral part of my life.

We were not a nest of spies by any means, but there were some people there who were working on intelligence.

I disagreed with the Cuban system and all of that, but it seemed to me we could have accomplished more through dialogue than through simply refusing to talk, maintaining a constant embargo and really just a totally hostile policy, but that's what we did, year after year after year, the same old thing, and it gained us nothing.