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González, who became the center of an international custody battle at 5 years old, was nominated Sunday to Cuba's National Assembly.
The 21-year-old held back tears while remembering Castro as a father figure.
I believe that had such a biography appeared 30 or even 20 years ago, the reception would have been much uglier, if only because first-generation exiles, the hardest of the hardliners, would have been alive in greater numbers.
This is President Obama's chance to rethink his administration's support for the regime change programs that should have been retired with the fax machine.