(Washington Examiner) President Obama met with Cuban President Raul Castro at an international summit in Panama on Saturday and emerged from the meeting saying it's time for the two countries, long at odds, to "try something new."
Obama called the meeting, the first of its kind between a sitting U.S. president and a leader of Cuba in half a century, "historic."
"We are now in a position to move on a path toward the future," Obama said. He also said, "Over time it is possible for us to turn the page and develop a new relationship between our two countries."
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