Statement of U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern on Cuba

"I am deeply disappointed that the State Department has failed to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

"I am deeply disappointed that the State Department has failed to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

For Immediate Release:
May 31, 2013

STATEMENT OF U.S. REP. JIM MCGOVERN ON CUBA

-I am deeply disappointed that the State Department has failed to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and disappointed in this report. It is in our national interest that the annual report on terrorism and state sponsors of terrorism be a meaningful document. The flimsy reasons outlined in the report makes a mockery of the document, diminish its value, and undermine US global leadership. Once again, unfortunately, domestic politics has trumped sensible foreign policy.-