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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Bush to release Cuba plan
President Bush releases his prescription for a transition to democracy in Cuba Wednesday. But Cuban leader Fidel Castro probably isn't looking forward to the report. In a recent essay titled "Bush, Hunger and Death," Castro called such efforts "equivalent to a new conquest of Cuba by force."11:00 a.m.
Guests
Tom Gjelten: National Public Radio correspondent. Gjelten has been to Cuba 15 times in the last decade.
More from MPR
Sorenson remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis (10/22/2007)
America Abroad: After Castro (05/30/2007)
Castro's Cuba (08/23/2006)
Resources
NPR: A history of U.S.-Cuba policy
Wellstone's last campaign
Five years ago Thursday, Minnesota lost a senator. The plane carrying Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven other people crashed near Eveleth, leaving no survivors. The crash -- the months and years that preceded it and the days that followed it -- marks one of the most important chapters in Minnesota history.12:00 p.m.
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The life of Paul Wellstone

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