US move to restore Cuba ties under fire in Congress

Plans to restore ties with Cuba came under fire Tuesday in the first volley of a long battle in the Republican-led Congress amid accusations the Obama administration is conceding too much with few guarantees on human rights. Potential 2016 White House hopeful Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants who has been loudly critical of the change to the decades-old policy, presided over a packed Senate subcommittee hearing to examine the impact of the US policy. "I have deep reservations and in