[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6978-H6979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             EITHER FIDEL CASTRO IS OUR ENEMY OR HE IS NOT

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, south Florida was shocked earlier this 
week when a video was released showing top United States military 
officials exchanging gifts and pleasantries at the Guantanamo Naval 
Base with Cuban general and known Cuban assassin, General Perez-Perez.
  At one point the chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command refers to the 
Cuban thug as ``My General,'' while another tells Castro's communist 
partner that a plaque he received as a gift from him would be put in a 
place of honor.
  I propose that if we must exchange gifts with Castro officials, let 
us give them an indictment for their criminal acts and a key to free 
jailed political dissidents. Let us give them a reproduction of the 
Statute of Liberty and a ballot, symbols of freedom and democracy.
  This repugnant display of camaraderie of a top official of a 
totalitarian

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military regime which recently murdered in cold blood American citizens 
and which continues to harm the United States at every opportunity, is 
not only a disgusting sight to behold, but an insult to the thousands 
of men and women of our military who risk their lives every day to 
defend the principles of freedom and democracy we proudly enjoy in this 
Nation.
  Either Fidel Castro is our enemy or he is not. Let us have these 
officials explain these actions to us.

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