In Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton expressed regret for not freeing Alan Gross

In her recent autobiography Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton listed the failure to free Alan Gross from prison as one of her biggest regrets. On Wednesday, the U.S. announced that Gross, a USAID contractor convicted of bringing satellite equipment to Cuba, will return to the U.S.

The former secretary of state called the Cuban government's refusal to release Gross and the U.S. refusal to release five Cuban spies a "double tragedy" for both countries:

Clinton also wrote that the U.S.-Cuban embargo was a failure that "wasn't achieving its goals."

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