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Sen. Jerry Moran Statement on Alan Gross' Hunger Strike

Statement

Date: April 9, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Foreign Affairs

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), author of unanimously-passed Senate resolution (S. Res. 609) which called on Cuba to immediately and unconditionally release American citizen Alan Gross, released the following statement today regarding the Washington Post announcement that Mr. Gross began a hunger strike:

"I am saddened to learn that detained American Alan Gross is now in a state of even greater suffering as he continues to be held unjustly by the Cuban government," Sen. Moran said. "The United States government must continue to push Cuba for the release of Mr. Gross. His return is long overdue, and it is extremely disappointing that it requires life-threatening action to draw attention to his plight. We must do everything possible to return Alan to the United States and bring his family's terrible nightmare to an end."


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