| Daily Press Briefing Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman Washington, DC February 22, 2007 Daily Press Briefing Transcript (Cuba) INDEX:
TRANSCRIPT: Excerpts from the Daily Press Briefing of February 22, 2007, pertaining to Western Hemisphere Affairs. full briefing QUESTION: A man who represents three Cuban boxers says that they have been denied entry to the United States. They apparently applied for visas from Colombia and they were -- according to their representative, they were denied visas because they don't have a permanent residence. The reason they don't have a permanent residence is that they defected from Cuba, so it's kind of a catch-22. Do you have anything on this? Is this true? Were these men denied visas? Are you reviewing the case? MR. CASEY: You know, I think I had some stuff in here earlier but I can't seem to find it, Arshad. We'll get you -- QUESTION: If you could, that'd be great. MR. CASEY: We'll get you an answer on that and have something for you. QUESTION: Thank you. | ||||
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