Alan Gross - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Alan Gross Index / People Transcripts Susan Rice ...all of the elements—the release of Alan Gross , the normalization of relations, th... ...the prisoner exchange is happening? Alan Gross is coming back, and Obama'... Arturo Valenzuela ...episode, which was the arrest of Alan Gross , who was imprisoned—I believe it's i... ...our conversation I raised the matter of Alan Gross , a contractor from the US who wa... ...reason may be why you're not letting Alan Gross go is that it's going to be mor... Roberta Jacobson ...had made. I'm trying to remember when Alan Gross was detained in Cuba, the American wh... ...those, and then individual cases like Alan Gross 's detention in Cuba and th... ...to the detention and imprisonment of Alan Gross . When I was principal deputy assistan... ...had been sitting on my request to visit Alan Gross in prison for weeks, and they finall... ...do I see the dissidents, or do I go see Alan Gross ? What ended up happening was, I opene... ...of course, on how we can try and get Alan Gross out. Secretary Clinton was increasingl... ...the Cubans to see if they would allow Alan Gross , in essence, to go out on bail, com... ...from that group went back to Cuba and Alan Gross was released. When we get close t... ...with regard to negotiations on Alan Gross , just not finding any leverage tha... ...him out of prison. I think they saw Alan Gross and this whole package as the only wa... Show more... Jefferey DeLaurentis ...I had a message from the president to Alan Gross , who was in prison, which I was neve... ...airport, or the airfield, to deliver Alan Gross to his family, I wasn't convinced tha... ...you have of it. Of course, the day that Alan Gross is released, the prisoner swap, bu... ...already rumors circulating that maybe Alan Gross was going to be released, so forth... ...from the United States; one to collect Alan Gross —and it had his wife, his lawyer, on... Ricardo Zúniga ...decided to arrest a USAID contractor, Alan Gross . That brought most of our efforts t... ...halt. We're going to come back to Alan Gross , obviously in the context o... ...see what we can do.” At that point Alan Gross had been in prison for three years... ...agents jailed in Cuba in exchange for Alan Gross . That was not going to happen... ...that from my perspective that we had Alan Gross 's life at stake. That was very much a... ...During this whole time, by the way, Alan Gross 's health was getting worse. They, o... ...and then a humanitarian release of Alan Gross as a separate matter. We'd had not ... ...assets and a humanitarian release of Alan Gross .” And they agreed. I think the... Show more... Jeff Flake ...with Cuba, the mission to bring back Alan Gross after his release, where did that stor... ...we could only move so far as long as Alan Gross was still detained and jailed by th... ...also Chris Van Hollen, who was Alan Gross 's congressman. We got on one of th... ...we went in a room, and there was Alan Gross , and watched him reunite with hi... ...we took off with our cargo, with Alan Gross . People ask, “What was your bes... ...“We've entered US airspace.” And Alan Gross stood, and shook his fists in the air... ...I get a call or an email from Alan Gross thanking me for playing a role in hi... Show more... Ben Rhodes ...the negotiations deal largely with Alan Gross 's status in Cuba. How do thos... ... The prisoners was we wanted Alan Gross to be freed from the Cuban prison... ...We knew, frankly, that we had to get Alan Gross out of prison to do anything on Cuba... ...going with them that can both free Alan Gross , but also therefore open a door to ... ...we were really looking to do was get Alan Gross out, and then also explore how much w... ...We're not just here to talk about Alan Gross in isolation, nor are we like pas... ...you have of the day of the release of Alan Gross , of the prisoner swap? I know that wa... ...three Cubans, to having a plane to get Alan Gross and a plane to get the CIA asset wh... ...to work and getting the notice that Alan Gross was on this plane, and seeing th... Show more... John Kerry ...Cuba. That same day, American prisoner Alan [P.] Gross was released in a prisoner swap wit... ...Colombia] and the region. Until we got Alan Gross out, we really couldn't do anything... ...didn't want to do anything until we had Alan Gross out. I remember calling Presiden... ...Base], where I was going to meet with Alan Gross . He had just come in at the airport... Hillary Clinton ...were inflicting upon this poor man, Mr. [Alan] Gross , in their jail. We finally got hi... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Labor Labor go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Public Health Public Health go to the The People's House The People's House