President Obama says the embargo set on Cuba more than 50 years ago is outdated and it's time to start normalizing relations with the communist island nation.
Wednesday's developments regarding Cuba come after the release of an American contractor Alan Gross who had been imprisoned in Cuba for the past five years.
Political Science Professor Jennifer McCoy of Georgia State University says it's about time the US made this shift in relations.
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