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The View from Havana: Former Top U.S. Diplomat in Cuba Vicki Huddleston

The View from Havana: Former Top U.S. Diplomat in Cuba Vicki Huddleston

FromIntelligence Matters


The View from Havana: Former Top U.S. Diplomat in Cuba Vicki Huddleston

FromIntelligence Matters

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Feb 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with former diplomat Vicki Huddleston, who served as U.S. ambassador to Mali and Madagascar and was the country's top diplomat in Havana during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. She details the rocky evolution of the U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relationship, including personal experiences dealing with former revolutionary and Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro. Huddleston and Morell evaluate the Obama administration's 2014 opening to Cuba and the possible trajectories for future of the relationship.
Released:
Feb 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

In Intelligence Matters, former acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, speaks with top leaders of the U.S. intelligence community as they reflect on their life, career and the critical roles they play in shaping national security policies. (154991) As a central figure in the most significant U.S. counter-terror efforts of the past two decades and a former CIA intelligence analyst, Morell is uniquely skilled at taking industry leading knowledge to make connections that provide deep insight into complex security events – helping decode intelligence officials’ key priorities and providing perspectives on how to achieve national security objectives. Morell is the author of “The Great War of Our Time” and a vivid account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life in secrets, and a war in the shadows.