CRI听力:US Responds to Meeting Between Obama and Castro

Jeb Bush, a potential GOP candidate for the 2016 elections, tweeted (quote) "Obama meets with Castro but refused to meet with Netanyahu" (unquote).

He was referring to the ire between the U.S. President and the Israeli Prime Minister. He also questioned the administration's move to establish diplomatic ties with what he called a repressive regime.

Another possible GOP 2016 presidential candidate, Senator Marco Rubio, who is of Cuban-American descent, has also strongly opposed the administration's decision to re-establish ties with Cuba.

Here is what he said last December upon the announcement.

"This President has proven today that his foreign policy is more than just naive. It is willfully ignorant of the way the world truly works."

Senator Rubio is expected to announce his bid for 2016 elections next Monday.

However, despite strong resistance from the GOP heavyweights, the business circle as a whole has welcomed the idea to normalize relations with Cuba.

Home rental service Airbnb recently celebrated its expansion into Cuba with full page ads on New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

The ads read "the doors of 1,000 real Cuban homes are now open to you", calling it "one giant leap for man's kindness".

For CRI, I'm Xiaohong in Washington, DC.