Comments on: Senators grill Obama nominee Mari Carmen Aponte’s ties to Cuban officials

By: Is Obama’s New Ambassador a Communist “Asset” (Or Just a Racist)? | Western Journalism.com

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:33:26 +0000

[...] Aponte lived with Roberto Tamayo, whom Clinton administration officials described as an agent of the Cuban intelligence agency Dirección General de Inteligencia (DGI). In 1993, a Cuban defector named Florentino Aspillaga said Tamayo tried to recruit Aponte on behalf of the Castro regime. Aponte acknowledges that FBI officials found “minor inconsistencies” in her story. When asked, she refused to take a polygraph test. [...]

By: Victory: Republicans Block Obama’s Ambassador with Possible Spy Connection | Western Journalism.com

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:01:43 +0000

[...] Florentino Aspillaga said Tamayo tried to recruit Aponte on behalf of the Castro regime. Aponte refused to take a polygraph test and withdrew her nomination.Although her defenders insist she was “cleared” by the FBI, the [...]

By: Victory: Republicans Block Obama’s Ambassador with Possible Spy Connection | Floyd Reports

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:43:23 +0000

[...] Florentino Aspillaga said Tamayo tried to recruit Aponte on behalf of the Castro regime. Aponte refused to take a polygraph test and withdrew her [...]

By: Is Obama’s New Ambassador a Communist “Asset” (Or Just a Racist)? | Impeach Obama Campaign

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:52:30 +0000

By: Bienvenidos al blog de NetoRivas

Bienvenidos al blog de NetoRivas — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:38:58 +0000

[...] la audiencia de confirmación del 17 de marzo, Aponte dio un informe detallado acerca de su relación con funcionarios cubanos en los años 80 en el que admite haber tenido una [...]

By: Senators grill Obama nominee Mari Carmen Aponte’s ties to Cuban officials « Paul Conner

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:25:08 +0000

[...] Aponte appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, where she faced questions over her eight-year relationship with Roberto Tamayo, who allegedly provided information to Cuban intelligence while co-habitating with Aponte in Washington during the 1980s and early ’90s. Full article published 3/18/10 at the Daily Caller. [...]

By: Anger, Anguish, and the Amistad « Cuba Central – The Blog

Anger, Anguish, and the Amistad « Cuba Central – The Blog — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:15:55 +0000

[...] Senate Republicans stall Obama’s ambassador pick to El Salvador [...]

By: Romeo, Romeo, where forth art thou, Romeo? | Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:22:41 +0000

[...] the Senate hearings on the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte for the Ambassadorship to El Salvador: “Between 1982 and 1994, I was romantically involved with a Cuban American. It was a romantic [...]

By: Health Care, Smoking, Fines, Blueprints and Cubans; It’s FRIDAY Morning in the Palmetto State.

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:15:34 +0000

[...] pressed President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to El Salvador Wednesday over her former relationship with a Cuban national who may have had ties to Cuban intelligence. … South Carolina’s Jim DeMint questioned Aponte [...]

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Happy Hour Links | Weakly News — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:54:43 +0000

[...] grill Obama nominee Mari Carmen Aponte’s ties to Cuban [...]

By: billbrady

billbrady — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:31:58 +0000

What?????/ Another Fidelista in this administration?? I’m shocked and dismayed….disappointed even. But November will set things a’right.