WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. treasury secretary pledged changes made to the U.S.-Cuba policy won't have any bite even as a human rights organization hailed the move.
Secretary Tim Geithner assured two Democrats the government would interpret the provision -- which would ease travel and trade restrictions to Cuba by halting funding for their enforcement -- so strictly that it would be toothless, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. The pledge was given to induce two senators to vote for the $410 billion omnibus spending bill.