when you talk about the choreography, and you talk about jill zuckman, who spoke, and anita dunne, communication director and hillary rosen a long time operative here in washington as well. no mistake there is a certain degree of behind-the-scenes choreography. standard public relations playbook and they'll need it. the fanfare, the feel-good atmosphere and those who are condemning what the president has done, the john boehners and the marco rubios of the world are very careful to celebrate in their comments the release ofcallen gross, obviously a very happy day for him. but the fight has just been joined now. what the president has done is shocking, dramatic, unexpected to a certain degree. we knew there were negotiations ongoing with cuba, in particular on the fate of alan gross. what we did not expect is the president to come out today and essentially say that 50 years of cuba policy he is now going to do his utmost to erase. to open a diplomatic mission in havana. normalize relations, open restrictions, and abolish the economic embargo, and try to tak have secretary of state john kerry do wh

tim reiser of capitol hill, jill zuckman of skc knickerbocker have been inconceivable. senator patrick leahy of vermont has been instrumental in shepherding the arrival of this day. i want to thank all of the members of congress from all sides of the aisle, such as senator flake, representatives chris van holland and barbara lee and numerous others who spoke up or visited me, subjected themselves to my ranting and helped me regain some of my weight. even in cuba, m&ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand. to all of those who tried to visit me but were not -- were unable to, thank you for trying. i'm at your service as soon as i get some new teeth. and i hope they'll be strong and sharp enough to make a difference. to the washington jewish community, ron halber in particular and his staff at jewish relations council, jcrc, all the executive directors, staff and volunteers of participating jcrcs, federations, synagogues, schools and other jewish, christian and organizations nationwide, god bless you and thank you. it was crucial to my survival knowing that i was not forgo