Bush, Obama alumni ask Biden administration to ease up on Cuba before Trump takes office

A group of former diplomatic and national security officials is calling on the Biden administration to loosen some restrictions on Cuba before handing over the reins of U.S. diplomacy to President-elect Trump.

In a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the former officials — including former Havana Chief of Mission Vicki Huddleston and former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes — urge the outgoing administration to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List...