Obama Announces Historic Revamp of US-Cuba Relations

President Barack Obama announces a shift in policy toward Cuba while delivering an address to the nation from the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 17, 2014.

Secretary of State John Kerry walks across the tarmac to meet with American Terry Gross, who was recently released from a Cuban prison after more than five years, Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Dec. 17, 2014.

Cuban President Raoul Castro speaks to the nation via public television in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 17, 2014.

People in a restaurant watch Cuban president Raul Castro speaking during a state television broadcast in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 17, 2014.

Alan Gross, a U.S. citizen who was recently released from a Cuban prison after being incarcerated for more than five years, speaks with his wife, Judy, shortly before leaving Havana on Dec. 17, 2014.

People from the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) hold signs urging the U.S. to "End the blockade of Cuba," during a demonstration as President Barack Obama announced a change in U.S. policy with Cuba, White House, Dec. 17, 2014.

Jailed U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor Alan Gross (right), poses for a picture during a visit with Cuban Jewish Community leader Adela Dworin and David Prinstein, Vice President, at Havana's Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital, Sept. 28, 2012.