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First U.S.-Cuba scheduled flight in decades set to depart

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The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart on Wednesday, starting a new chapter in the Obama administration's bid to open trade and travel with the former Cold War foe. Nathan Frandino reports.

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