Morning Update: About Face on Cuba
Republican Mike Huckabee, who five years ago said he thought the trade embargo against Cuba was bad for business and should be lifted, now says he supports the embargo (LAT).
Libya: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), with six other senators, sent a letter yesterday asking Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to urge Libya to compensate victims of the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing and the 1986 bombing of a discotheque in Berlin. Libya agreed to pay the victims in 2003, but has yet to fulfill that obligation, the letter says.
National Security: Dodd responded yesterday to Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell’s plea for Congress to renew the Protect America Act. In cases where the government wants to spy on American citizens, Dodd says, “we must continue to demand a warrant, as [prescribed] by the Fourth Amendment and followed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, even if it is issued after-the-fact.”
Climate Change: Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) yesterday praised the Bali climate change talks. He said as president he would ask other leaders to join a global forum that would “continue the work begun in Bali and lay the foundation for the next generation of climate protocols.”
