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Alan Gross says Bernie Sanders praised Cuba during a prison visit

“He said, quote: ‘I don’t know what’s so wrong with this country,'” Gross, 70, told NPR in a story posted Wednesday.

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Alan Gross pictured with his wife Judy while addressing a news conference in Washington after his release from Cuba,December 17, 2014.

US top court won't hear appeal by American Jew formerly imprisoned in Cuba

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Cuban Jews want close ties with US brethren

"There will be more Jewish brothers and sisters coming to Cuba to interact with their peers on the island, resulting in increasing help coming from the Jewish Federations."

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Alan Gross hails Jewish efforts toward release from Cuba

Freed Jewish American prisoner in Cuba addresses media hours after return to United States.

Alan Gross pictured with his wife Judy while addressing a news conference in Washington after his release from Cuba,December 17, 2014.

Cuba releases Jewish-American prisoner as Washington-Havana reset ties

Cuba arrested Gross in 2009, and later convicted the USAID subcontractor to 15 years in prison for importing banned technology, trying to establish clandestine internet service for Cuban Jews.

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US lawmakers in Cuba to push for release of Gross

Agenda includes meeting with jailed Jewish US contractor and possibly with Castro; lawmakers seek way forward in stalled ties.

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Wife of jailed Jewish American Gross sues US gov't

Family of Alan Gross, sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cuba for "crimes against the state," seeking tens of millions in damages.

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500 rabbis urge Cuba to release Alan Gross

Citing possibility that jailed American-Jew has cancer, rabbis request early release for Gross, serving a 15-year sentence.

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'Obama re-election could help Gross release'

Wife of Jewish-American contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state hopes Obama will release him in second term.

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Jailed Jewish-American Gross may have cancer

Lawyer claims that Alan Gross, incarcerated in Cuba, potentially suffering from "life-threatening" untreated cancer.

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Cuba: No US reply to proposed talks on Alan Gross

Jewish-American has been jailed since 2009 and is serving a 15-year sentence for setting up Internet networks in Cuba.

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Cuba: Jailed American Alan Gross's health 'normal'

Lawyer for Gross says his health is deteriorating, Cuba says he is eating healthy meals, exercising.

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US says American jailed in Cuba cannot walk

Washington renews calls for Jewish US contractor Alan Gross's release, says he has lost 100 pounds since arrest.

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