John Kerry led a delegation today to raise the American flag over a U.S. embassy in Havana for the first time in decades.
"We are gathered here because our leaders made a courageous decision to stop being prisoners of history." #USCuba http://t.co/Gsn5SJc9Xd
— Department of State (@StateDept) August 14, 2015
.@JohnKerry: The re-opening of our embassies is important on two levels: People-to-people and government-to-government.
— StateDept Live (@StateDeptLive) August 14, 2015
.@JohnKerry: The time is now to reach out to one another, as two peoples who are no longer enemies or rivals, but neighbors.
— StateDept Live (@StateDeptLive) August 14, 2015
Watch the raising of the American flag for the first time in 54 years at @USEmbCuba. #USCuba http://t.co/C8o34I0Z6w
— Department of State (@StateDept) August 14, 2015
CNN’s Jake Tapper shared this photo:
Our view of the flag raising ceremony at the U.S. embassy in Havana pic.twitter.com/Dr3aMsW7We
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 14, 2015
John Kerry claimed that Cuban dissidents were not invited to the U.S. Embassy flag raising because space was limited, and not because the Obama administration feared upsetting the Castros.
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Who are all the empty chairs for? @StateDeptPress said dissidents weren't invited partly due to space limitations. https://t.co/JHQv5SbtaY
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) August 14, 2015
Hmm, good question.
@JerylBier obviously space not the reason
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 14, 2015
#ShockedFace.
@JerylBier @NoahCRothman @StateDeptPress @jaketapper they are covering for Castro too?
— (((Val Washington)))??❤ (@ValeriaPugliesi) August 14, 2015
Would that be so surprising?