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Article: White House Axes Effort to Weaken Embargo of Cuba from Spending Bill.
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- February 14, 2003
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By Tim Johnson, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 14--WASHINGTON--The White House succeeded in stripping language to weaken the U.S. embargo of Cuba from a massive spending bill making its final passage through Congress, a Miami legislator said Thursday.
Republican Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart credited President Bush and his threat last week to veto the entire $397 billion spending bill if legislators dismantled any part of the four-decade-old embargo.
"President George W. Bush's support for Cuba's freedom is extraordinary," Diaz-Balart said in a statement.
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