 Well, thank you very much, speaking for myself and I think speaking for the Vice President also gives us great pleasure to join with the Cuban American community in commemorating the anniversary of a great day in the cause of a free Cuba, the establishment of the Cuban Republic 86 years ago. On that day, May 20, 1902, the bonds of friendship between the peoples of Cuba and one of the United States were reaffirmed, the birth of the Cuban Republic was the culmination of a long and arduous struggle of revolts, political imprisonment, executions, and exile. Today, that passion for a free Cuba remains alive in the hearts of thousands of Cubans everywhere. Cuban Americans have demonstrated that a free people can accomplish unencumbered by tyranny and I am confident that the time will come when the spirit of freedom will reign in Cuba itself. And let me just say throughout this administration in good times and bad, I have always known that I could look to the Cuban American community for support. Your support, your friendship has meant more to me than I can say. Having suffered personally the evils of communism, you have an acute understanding of the danger that communist expansion poses to this hemisphere. You have stood in support of people everywhere who seek freedom such as the people of Nicaragua. And let me assure you, as far as this administration is concerned, the freedom of Cuba is a non-negotiable deal. We will never, ever negotiate away the dream of every Cuban American, a dream that I too hold in my heart, that Cuba will again join the family of free and democratic nations. Only 90 miles of ocean separate the island of Cuba from the United States, but between our governments is an unbridgeable gulf, the gulf between freedom and tyranny, between respect for human rights, and the rejection of individual freedom. Within the revolution everything Castro has proclaimed against the revolution, nothing. Well, nothing has meant no freedom of speech, assembly, religion, or economic activity. Everything has increasingly meant a Cuba depended on subsidies from the Soviet Union to keep its unworkable communist economy from complete ruin. Everything has meant every conceivable cruelty, abuse, and torture to the point that Cuba today has the worst human rights record in the entire Western Hemisphere. Everything means the Cuban political prisoners where writes that brave freedom fighter, Armando Valladaris, Castro's prisoners, quote, have been held longer than any other political prisoners in Latin America, perhaps in the world. The violence, repression, and beatings are facts of life for them. And today, at this very moment, hundreds of political prisoners are naked, sleeping on the floors of cells whose windows and doors have been sealed. They never see the light of day or, for that matter, artificial light. Well, end quote, denied medical care even visits their spirit remains unbroken. If they who suffer so greatly will not negotiate away their freedom with Castro, neither will the United States of America. Jose Martí said one revolution is still necessary, the one that will not end with the rule of its leader. It will be the revolution against revolutions, the uprising of all peaceable men who will become soldiers for once so that neither they nor anyone else will ever have to be a soldier again. Well, at a time when young Cubans are shipped abroad to advance foreign designs, the rulers in Havana are necessarily worried about the new generation's interest in Martí's message. In this anniversary of the Cuban Republic, I join a million free Cuban Americans in reaffirming our solidarity with the long-suffering Cuban people. In the heart of the Americas, the long night of totalitarian rule cannot endure forever. Long live the dawn of freedom, Viva Cuba Libra. You won't be in the picture, we won't see you. Stop, do you have to go right away? No. Stop and see me. Good. If you can't see the camera, it can't see you. Sir, why don't you come right there? Perfect. I think we can almost see everybody here. This is great. Sir, if you're in the picture you need to get in the back row, you won't be seen. Okay, great. Now, everyone can look up here. Okay, great. Everybody's looking up here. Next miles. One more for cross Saturday. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. That was a Russian and some said, how high does communism really stand in Russia? And he said, well, I figured out if I'm 1.6 meters. And he said, well, how old are you? Well, they said 9.8 years. I had communism. I've got one more Russian. And he said, what about the place? Well, he said, you had a choice betweenocking and communism and a little more comfortable than what it was. He said, yeah, but communist hell is the only one that has a good chance of being the system of great Down. I'm just afraid someone's going to trip back here. What do I want?