President Barack Obama immediately signed the bill into law, lifting the government's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling hours before a Tuesday midnight deadline. But the rancorous debt and deficit battle between his Democrats and their Republican rivals left Obama politically bruised as he heads into a campaign for a second term in 2012.
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Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuba accused U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday of failing to keep his promise of a new start with the communist island, saying that far from easing the U.S. trade embargo, his administration has tightened some restrictions.
"The president has fallen far short of the expectations created by his speeches," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said at a news conference.
"The blockade has not changed a bit," he said, referring to the nearly 50-year-old embargo. "In fact, they have strengthened it when it comes to executing fines."
The comments came a day after a U.S. State Department official warned that Cuba¹s imprisonment of an American contractor is an "obstacle" to "certain measures" that Washington could take to improve bilateral relations.
Asked about the comment, Rodriguez declined to say anything on the case, but said the embargo is a unilateral action and "should be lifted unilaterally."
Alan Gross, a subcontractor working for the U.S. Agency for International Development, was arrested in December. Cuba says he was distributing illegal satellite equipment to dissidents. Washington says he was trying to help Jewish communities hook up to the internet.
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