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Cuba's President Raul Castro smiles during a twice-annual legislative session at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. When the leaders of the U.S. and Cuba had their first phone conversation in more than 50 years, they were not at a loss for words. As President Barack Obama told the story at his news conference Friday, he opened his call with Cuban President Raul Castro _ brother of famously longwinded Fidel _ with a 15-minute monologue, then apologized for taking so much time. &quot;He said, 'Don't worry about it, Mr. President,’” Obama related. “’You're still a young man, and you have still the chance to break Fidel's record. He once spoke seven hours straight.&quot; (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)

AL CARDENAS: Giving away the store to the Castros

By Al Cardenas

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN: Obama’s futile overtures to Cuba

By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

In this Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro, as it rains during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. (AP Photo/File) ** FILE **

White House may welcome Cuba’s Raul Castro to Washington

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama's normalization policy towards Cuba by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Renewed Cuba relations adds to Obama’s appeasement legacy

By Donald Lambro

A woman with a poster of the Cuban Five, that reads in Spanish "Freedom Now," celebrates their release, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. After a half-century of Cold War acrimony, the United States and Cuba abruptly moved on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations between the two nations. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cubans hope for better future with U.S.-Havana deal

By Andrea Rodriguez and Anne-Marie Garcia - Associated Press

Protesters outside of Cafe Versailles on Calle Ocho in Miami, decry the exchange of convicted Cuban spies, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, for USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, who has been held by the Cuban government. (AP Photo/El Nuevo Herald, Roberto Koltun) MAGS OUT

EDITORIAL: Alan Gross free from Cuba, but Obama’s gift betrays victims of Castros

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro, as it rains during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. (AP Photo/File) ** FILE **

U.S., Cuba seek to normalize relations

By Julie Pace and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, gestures while speaking to Pro-European Union activists during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Sen. John McCain admits to gross ‘exaggeration’ on Obama comparison

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

FONTOVA: Hyping the handshake

By Humberto Fontova

Barack Obama shakes hands with Raul Castro at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela Associated Press photo

ROS-LEHTINEN: When a handshake is more than a polite gesture

By Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Ron Paul is convinced that "the big government establishment of both parties" wants him and his followers to shut up and go home.

Inside the Beltway: The handshake heard ‘round the world at Mandela service

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Selfie: President Obama gets some assistance from Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt holding a smartphone to pose for a picture with British Prime Minister David Cameron. First lady Michelle Obama clearly stayed away from the antics. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Obama’s antics at Nelson Mandela tribute: Jovial conversation, handshake with Raul Castro

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image from TV, US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, in the rain for a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. The handshake between the leaders of the two Cold War enemies came during a ceremony that's focused on Mandela's legacy of reconciliation. Hundreds of foreign dignitaries and world heads of states gather Tuesday with thousands of South African people to celebrate the life, and mark the death, of Nelson Mandela who has became a global symbol of reconciliation. (AP Photo/SABC Pool)

EDITORIAL: The shake that shook the world

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Washington Times

FONTOVA: The Castro-coddled cop killer

By Humberto Fontova

Associated Press

FONTOVA: Beyonce, Jay-Z and the racists

By Humberto Fontova

Cuba closes hospitals amid health reorganization

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Cuba campaign takes on ‘free’ health care

By PETER ORSI - Associated Press

Former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro, 96, was recently detained at a Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Arizona. (Associated Press)

CARDENAS: Raul Castro’s spurious offer to talk with U.S.

By Jose R. Cardenas

Cardinal Jaime Ortega attends a procession honoring the nation's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, in Havana on Nov. 10. A political cartoon that appeared in Miami's El Nuevo Herald showed the cardinal and a military-clad Cuban President Raul Castro singing a love song together, implying that the religious leader was a Castro lackey. (Associated Press)

Cuban prelate under fire as cozy with Castro

By Paul Haven - Associated Press

Passengers line up to check with customs officials before departing in 2010 from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. A TV screen shows Cuba's revoluntionary leader Fidel Castro during an interview. Cuba's communist government is rumored to be on the verge of a momentous decision to end a half-century of travel restrictions. (Associated Press)

Travel may free up for Cubans

By Paul Haven - Associated Press