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McCain Targets Obama on Cuba, Colombia

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The presumptive GOP nominee speaks Tuesday morning in Miami on Cuba’s Independence Day.

Attacks the Illinois Senator for supporting an ease on the Cuban trade embargo and his willingness to sit down with Castro. Watch video above.

Also criticizes Obama’s and Clinton’s opposition to the Colombian trade agreement.

Read full remarks here.

Obama responds in statement: “There’s nothing more naïve than continuing a policy that has failed for decades, but that’s all John McCain offered today.” Full statement here.

Other surrogates shoot back: Richardson, Dodd question McCain’s Cuba policy — tying him to Bush, criticizing his understanding of the Cuba regime — in statements. Read them here.

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