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      <excerpt>...from humanitarian interests and concerns about oppression in Cuba. He said he spoke with Florida Republican Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart about their family's experience in Cuba under Fidel Castro. &quot;I thought, 'This is not right, and it's not huma</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...campaign records show. Graves spokesman Jason Klindt said two Cuban-American lawmakers from Florida &#8212; Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen &#8212; &#8220;who have experience dealing with the Castro regime,&#8221; persuaded Graves to rethink </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Florida Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart Florida Congressman Mario Diaz Balart, Bush, with ex-CIA tool Porter Goss in the middle. Florida Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, and Senator Mel ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-21) Fax: 202-225-8576. Rep. Ron Klein (D-22) Fax: 202-225-8398. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-23) Fax: 202-225-1171. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-24) Fax: 202-226-6299. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-25) Fax: 202-226-0346. Georgia ...</excerpt>
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