Now, there’s no secret that our governments disagree on many of these issues. I’ve had frank conversations with President Castro. For many years, he has pointed out the flaws in the American system -- economic inequality; the death penalty; racial discrimination; wars abroad. That’s just a sample. He has a much longer list.
Here, President Obama used the rhetorical strategy of example. "Economic inequality, the death penalty, racial discrimination, wars abroad"—all of these are examples of how President Castro thinks the American system is flawed. President Obama lists these things out in order to help illustrate his argument.