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| http://pittenger.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/pittenger-on-uscuba-policy | Pittenger on US/Cuba policy | 2014-12-17 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Republican | House | NC | Robert Pittenger | P000606 | pittenger.house.gov | legacy | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONGRESSMAN PITTENGER: PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ‘ZEAL TO APPEASE OUR ADVERSARIES’ CHARLOTTE – Congressman Robert Pittenger (NC-09), who is currently leading a bipartisan effort to dismantle Fidel Castro’s anti-American voting bloc at the United Nations, had this reaction to President Obama’s decision to begin normalizing relations with Cuba: “President Obama’s foreign policy of appeasement, apology, and weary surrender has resulted in the explosive growth of ISIS, the crisis in Ukraine, and growing unrest around the world. How exactly will rolling over on Cuba advance the cause of freedom and human rights? “In his zeal to appease our adversaries, President Obama is now providing Cuba with credibility to export their Marxist views throughout the world, while enabling access to economic trade that will strengthen the brutal and oppressive Castro regime, even as Cuba consistently works to undermine American policies around the world. “Cuba continues illicit arms sales to North Korea, including an attempt to smuggle fighter jets into North Korea by hiding them under bags of sugar. Does he think this makes the world a safer place? “President Obama has just given away great leverage that could have been used to bring about substantial change in Cuba. His feckless and misguided foreign policy has been counterproductive in Iran, Syria, Egypt, China, and Russia. Re-examining American policy is good, but President Obama should recognize that the desired objective is for our adversaries to act in a way that best supports American interests.” Congressman Pittenger is Chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare and is leading a Congressional effort to dismantle Fidel Castro’s decades-old UN coalition, in which many nations consistently vote against freedom, democracy, and basic human rights. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |