Sgt. wants Cuba travel restriction lifted

“An Army National Guard staff sergeant who was denied the opportunity to visit his children in Cuba during a two-week break from the war in Iraq has appealed to the House Hispanic Caucus for help.

Carlos Lazo, who addressed the congressional caucus Thursday, was a medic serving in Iraq in 2004 when the Bush administration changed its policies to no longer allow annual trips back to Cuba to visit family members. He discovered the change while on leave from the war zone when he flew to Miami with plans to make a trip to Cuba to see his two teenage sons. New rules that took effect June 30, 2004, allowed only one trip every three years ”” with no exceptions.”

Stumble it! | |