Rubio Tries To Clarify How His Family Left Cuba

by David Welna, NPR

GOP rising star Sen. Marco Rubio caught heat last week for his Senate bio that misstated when his family left Cuba for the U.S., a detail of some relevance in his home state of Florida. But in explaining his side of the story in a Politico op-ed, Rubio laid out a narrative dramatically different from the one he provided to NPR in late 2009.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, October 24, 2011