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    Pawlenty vetoes legislative call for ending Cuba trade, travel restrictions

    By Joe Kimball | Published Mon, Apr 28 2008 2:49 pm

    Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed the Legislature's resolution urging the president and Congress to end Cuban trade and travel restrictions. Many legislators figured the nonbinding resolution was a nice way to support state farmers and business people who'd like to see some economic opportunities with a nearby nation.

    When we mentioned the possibility of a veto last Wednesday, there didn't seem to be a great chance it would happen. The governor's press people didn't even call back when I inquired.

    But the Friday veto does put the governor in line with Sen. John McCain's position on Cuba: Support the embargo as a way to deny the Cuban government resources to continue its repression of the Cuban people.
     
    Pawlenty called the resolution "inappropriate," the Associated Press reported, quoting from Pawlenty's veto letter: "It is unfortunate that the Legislature passed a bill that completely contradicts a long history of U.S. policy against a totalitarian nation."

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