Getting past the Bay of Pigs

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Cubans are marking the 50th anniversary of the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion this week. Cuban exile Alfredo Duran was among the men who fought there for three straight days. He tells anchor Marco Werman why he now favors dialogue with Havana and lifting the US embargo of the island.

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