B000410 1941-04-15 5136 2221 Rayburn House Office Building http://www.house.gov/berman/contact/ 28 202-225-3196 Howard 'd':4 'ca':5 '-28':6 'rep':1 'berman':3,8,10 'howard':2,7,9 M 400025 Berman Howard_L._Berman L. Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28] 2240 N00008094 9568 Democrat 202-225-4695 Jewish CA Howard Berman 2.6875 http://www.house.gov/berman/ 400025 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:20:38 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...as proponents of greater engagement with Cuba say they've got their best shot at success in years. The panel's chair, Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., has already endorsed lifting the ban, calling it a throwback to the ``chilliest periods of the Cold War.' 'd':35 've':18 'ban':3,42 'got':19 'rep':31 'say':16 'war':54 'best':21 'call':43 'cold':53 'cuba':1,15 'lift':40 'shot':22 'year':26 'calif':36 'chair':30 'engag':13 'miami':55 'panel':28 'berman':33 'endors':39 'herald':56 'howard':32 'period':50 'propon':10 'travel':2 'alreadi':38 'd-calif':34 'discuss':6 'greater':12 'success':24 'chilliest':49 'throwback':46 'washington':8 6735346 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341647.html 400025 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 21:30:29 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...American tourists from traveling to Cuba. "It is the only country in the world where our people are not allowed to go," said Rep. Howard Berman, D-California, at the start of a hearing on whether it is time to lift the travel ban. Every year, foreign tr 'd':34 'go':28 'tr':55 'ban':51 'cnn':56 'rep':30 'u.s':1 'cuba':3,12 'hear':41 'lift':48 'said':29 'time':46 'year':53 'allow':26 'everi':52 'peopl':23 'start':38 'world':20 'berman':32 'howard':31 'travel':10,50 'countri':17 'foreign':54 'practic':4 'softbal':5 'tourist':8 'whether':43 'american':7 'diplomaci':6 'california':35 'd-california':33 6737714 true true daylife CNN http://www.cnn.com/ OK http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/sTnEsCpTuGg/index.html 400025 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 21:30:29 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Affairs Committee said Thursday. "It is the only country in the world where our people are not allowed to go," said Rep. Howard Berman, D-California, at the start of a hearing on whether it is time to lift the travel ban. "Let's face it. By any objectiv 'd':35 'go':29 'ban':9,52 'cnn':60 'let':53 'rep':31 'u.s':1 'call':3 'cuba':7 'face':55 'hear':42 'lift':5,49 'said':12,30 'time':47 'allow':27 'peopl':24 'start':39 'world':21 'affair':10 'berman':33 'howard':32 'lawmak':2 'travel':8,51 'countri':18 'whether':44 'committe':11 'objectiv':59 'thursday':13 'california':36 'd-california':34 6737716 true true daylife CNN http://www.cnn.com/ OK http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/7b0iOzv2jfY/ 400025 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:30:29 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 WASHINGTON — A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that "along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts and sun block, support, solidarity and freedom 'got':21 'let':16 'one':27 'sun':43 'u.s':4,17 'urg':8 'cuba':2,20 'high':12 'lead':6,32 'open':1 'along':37 'block':44 'major':23 'miami':49 'octan':13 'short':41 'visit':19 'dissid':7,33 'effort':14 'endors':24 'herald':50 'island':30 'bermuda':40 'freedom':48 'solidar':46 'suggest':35 'suitcas':39 'support':45 'tourist':5,18 'thursday':25 'high-octan':11 'washington':9 6737715 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1342642.html 400025 Person congress Wed Nov 18 10:20:25 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Cuba. Let my people in! The heads of foreign affairs committees in both houses of Congress -- Sen. Richard Lugar and Rep. Howard Berman came out together to say the 50-year-old ban should be lifted. Hell, Lugar is even a Republican. After we lift the b 'b':61 '50':43 'ban':5,47 'let':15 'new':63 'old':46 'rep':34 'say':41 'sen':30 'came':37 'cuba':3,14 'diaz':13 'dump':1 'even':54 'head':20 'hell':51 'hous':27 'lift':50,59 'send':6 'time':64 'year':45 'lohan':11 'lugar':32,52 'manni':12 'miami':62 'peopl':17 'stern':9 'affair':23 'berman':36 'howard':8,35 'togeth':39 'travel':4 'foreign':22 'lindsey':10 'richard':31 'committe':24 'congress':29 'year-old':44 'republican':56 6725079 true true daylife Miami New Times http://www.miaminewtimes.com/ OK http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/11/dump_the_cuba_travel_ban_send.php 400025 Person rep\. Tue Nov 17 21:30:39 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...be imposed. Among those at the meeting (or at least taking part at some point) were House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas). Also present: Jennifer Bendall, executive director of the musicFIRST Co 'd':31 'r':38 'co':49 'rep':27,34 'also':40 'hill':5 'hous':22 'meet':12 'mike':35 'part':17 'take':16 'texa':39 'among':8 'calif':32 'hoyer':26 'impos':7 'least':15 'littl':1 'major':23 'point':20 'steni':25 'bendal':43 'berman':29 'execut':44 'howard':28 'jennif':42 'leader':24 'r-texa':37 'conaway':36 'd-calif':30 'harmoni':2 'present':41 'varieti':50 'director':45 'musicfirst':48 6719891 true true daylife Variety http://www.variety.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WilshireWashington/~3/JX8z8A0-8js/little-harmony-on-the-hill.html 400025 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 21:30:33 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to lift the U.S. travel ban on Cuba. That would be "the best anti-Castro-policy," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman told Reuters. Americans visiting Cuba would be ambassadors of democratic values, thus undermining the Castro governm 'ban':15 'u.s':13 'anti':24 'best':22 'busi':51 'cuba':1,17,38 'hous':27 'lift':11 'like':7 'raul':3 'thus':45 'time':52 'told':34 'valu':44 'crush':5 'fidel':8 'visit':37 'would':19,39 'affair':29 'berman':33 'castro':4,25,48 'howard':32 'intern':50 'polici':26 'report':9 'reuter':35 'travel':14 'dissent':6 'foreign':28 'governm':49 'american':36 'chairman':31 'committe':30 'democrat':43 'undermin':46 'ambassador':41 'anti-castro-polici':23 6732172 true true daylife International Business Times http://www.ibtimes.com/ OK http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/cubas-raul-castro-crushes-dissent-like-fidel-report.htm 400025 Person congress Mon Nov 16 21:29:35 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... Dan Meridor; Israel's Minister of Social Affairs and Services, Isaac Herzog; Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Howard Berman; ... 'us':3 'dan':12 'new':7 'old':10 'hous':27 'brook':34 'isaac':22 'affair':19,29 'berman':33 'govern':8 'herzog':23 'howard':32 'israel':4,14 'minist':16 'servic':21 'social':18 'foreign':28 'meridor':13 'overcom':9 'chairman':24 'challeng':11 'committe':30 'institut':35 'us-israel':2 'congressman':31 'partnership':5 6714082 true true google news Brookings Institution OK http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/1114_saban_forum.aspx 400025 Person rep\. Mon Nov 16 21:29:36 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...lift the ban" before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 19. The Committee is chaired by Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), who invited McCaffrey. Following his testimony, McCaffrey will be available to media. McCaffrey has trav 'd':56 '10':17,42 '19':21,46 'ca':57 'a.m':18,43 'ban':13,33 'gen':4 'nov':20 'rep':52 'ret':6 '2172':26 'cuba':15 'd-ca':55 'four':2 'hous':22,28,36 'lift':11,31 'star':3 'thur':19 'time':9 'trav':72 'avail':67 'build':30 'chair':50 'insid':74 'invit':59 'media':69 'offic':29 'affair':24,40 'berman':54 'follow':61 'howard':53 'novemb':45 'street':73 'travel':16 'foreign':23,39 'rayburn':27 'testifi':8 'committe':25,37,48 'thursday':44 'four-star':1 'mccaffrey':5,60,64,70 'testimoni':63 6714084 true true daylife Street Insider http://www.streetinsider.com/ OK http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Four-Star+Gen.+McCaffrey+%28Ret.%29+to+Testify%2C+%26quot%3BTime+to+Lift+the+Ban%26quot%3B+on+Cuba+Travel%2C+10+a.m.+Thurs.%2C+Nov.+19%2C+House+Foreign+Affairs+Committee%2C+2172+Rayburn+House+Office+Building/51 400025 Person congress Mon Nov 16 21:29:35 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In the US, lesbian US Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and three other members of Congress have sent a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her ... 'd':16 'us':9,11,29 'bay':37 'gay':1 'mps':3 'rep':12 'urg':35 'wis':17 'bill':6 'euro':2 'sent':25 'd-wis':15 'state':32 'tammi':13 'three':19 'letter':27 'member':21 'window':38 'baldwin':14 'clinton':34 'denounc':4 'hillari':33 'lesbian':10 'ugandan':5 'congress':23 'secretari':30 6714081 true true google news Bay Windows OK http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99083 400025 Person congress Thu Nov 19 10:20:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... every U.S. citizen can travel to any country on earth, whether friends or enemies of the country, with only one exception, Cuba," said Republican Senator Richard Lugar, and members of Congress from Democrats , Howard Berman. ... 'ban':6 'one':33 'u.s':15 'blog':3,51 'cuba':13,35 'said':36 'earth':23 'enemi':27 'everi':14 'lugar':40 'remov':4 'senat':38 'adrian':1,49 'berman':48 'except':34 'friend':25 'howard':47 'member':42 'travel':11,18 'citizen':9,16 'countri':21,30 'richard':39 'whether':24 'congress':44 'democrat':46 'republican':37 6735343 false true google blog ADRIAN'S BLOG http://adrianindo.blogspot.com/ OK http://adrianindo.blogspot.com/2009/11/remove-ban-on-its-citizens-to-travel-to.html 400025 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:30:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Chairman Howard Berman. He and other critics said they are not trying to end the embargo. Berman called the Castro brothers “dictators and despots.” But they said it's time to take a different approach to Cuba, starting with ending the ... 'end':22,48 'tri':20 'call':26 'cuba':8,45 'hous':1 'juic':50 'said':16,35 'take':40 'time':38 'want':3 'allow':5 'polit':52 'start':46 'berman':11,25 'castro':28 'critic':15 'despot':32 'dictat':30 'differ':42 'howard':10 'nation':51 'travel':6 'brother':29 'embargo':24 'approach':43 'chairman':2,9 6737710 false true google blog Juice: National politics http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/ OK http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/2009/11/house_chairman_wants_to_allow.html 400025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 21:30:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In an op-ed piece in The Miami Herald, Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanded that the ... 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'anti':17 'best':15 'cuba':3,31 'hous':20 'raul':5 'said':44 'thus':38 'time':2,46 'told':27 'valu':37 'epoch':1,45 'fidel':8 'visit':30 'would':12,32 'affair':22 'berman':26 'castro':6,18,41 'govern':42 'howard':25 'polici':19 'reuter':28 'foreign':21 'headlin':48 'repress':10 'american':29 'chairman':24 'committe':23 'democrat':36 'maintain':7 'undermin':39 'ambassador':34 'anti-castro-polici':16 6737713 false true google blog Epoch Times | All headlines http://www.theepochtimes.com/ OK http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/25366/ 400025 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:20:33 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Ca.),José Miguel Vivanco, director of the HRW's Americas Division, pointed out that HRW had just issued a report critical of the Cuban ... 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But Florida 'anti':15 'best':13 'cuba':29 'hous':18 'lead':6 'news':7,48 'said':42 'thus':36 'told':25 'valu':35 'stori':47 'thumb':4 'today':46 'visit':28 'would':10,30 'affair':20 'berman':24 'castro':16,39 'govern':40 'howard':23 'polici':17 'reuter':26 'florida':44 'foreign':19 'tuscola':45 'american':27 'chairman':22 'committe':21 'democrat':34 'michigan':3 'undermin':37 'ambassador':32 'tuscolatoday.com':1 'anti-castro-polici':14 6737712 false true google blog Tuscola Today stories: News http://www.tuscolatoday.com/news/allnews/ OK http://www.tuscolatoday.com/news/2009/nov/19/cubas-raul-castro-crushes-dissent-fidel-report/