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Posted Sep 8, 2011 by Christian M. Wade
Updated Sep 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM
She won’t be on the first flight, but Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern is headed to Cuba.
Mulhern, who traveled to Cuba with a delegation of business leaders two years ago, said today she will take a flight to the Caribbean island country on Friday to meet up with a group that will be on the first flight in 51 years, which departs Tampa today.
In a press release, Mulhern said she would also be meeting with Cuban officials to discuss trade and humanitarian issues.
“Now more than ever, Tampa must re-establish its unique historic relationship with Cuba in order for the economic development benefits - jobs - that travel and trade with our nearest foreign neighbor present,” Mulhern said in the release.
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