Posted on 01/15/2010 3:55:10 PM PST by Libloather
Hillary Clinton to go to Haiti on Saturday
15 Jan 2010 23:00:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will fly to Haiti on Saturday to get a firsthand look at the earthquake relief effort as well as to help evacuate some Americans caught up in the disaster.
Clinton, who cut short a trip to the Asia-Pacific region after Tuesday's quake, said on Friday she and U.S. Agency for International Development Director Rajiv Shah would meet Haitian President Rene Preval as well as U.S. relief workers.
"We will also be conveying very directly and personally to the Haitian people our long-term unwavering support, solidarity and sympathies," Clinton told a news briefing.
**SNIP**
Clinton said details of her trip were being worked out but that she planned to bring relief supplies as well as helping to evacuate some Americans.
"I will be bringing out some American citizens who are waiting for evacuation, so there are some very tangible reasons for this," Clinton said.
She said every effort would be made not to allow her visit to interfere with the relief effort.
"I will not be leaving the airport area, so I will not be using assets like automobiles that should be better used for transporting rescue workers or medical personnel," she said.
Clinton said the trip would give her and her team a firsthand look at how the relief effort was unfolding, which she could then convey to other world leaders, adding the United States backed the idea of a donor conference at some point in the future.
"I've spoken to a number of foreign ministers and heads of state who are asking questions about how things are operating and what they can do to contribute."
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Its a damned if you do damned if you don’t scenario. The big problem is all the pain in the a$$ security and protocol macaca that surrounds a visit from on high. Too many people are diverted from doing what they are there to do.
She will get in the way, maybe cause an extra death or two.
Its now too late to do anything except evacuate.
Nice play Obama!
Too slow dude. Too many meetings and mutual hugsy wugsy fests. A full military rescue deployment should have happened the day after.
Why is the Administration adding to their pain by dropping Hillary in on them?
Poor B@st@rds !!!
Give it a few months and she will be claiming that she and Chelsea were there when the earthquake happened.
No Socks,
No Buddy,
No Bill,
What does she have to go home to? ;-)
She’s going to corkscrew in and land under fire. Keep your head down Hil!!!
First, she has to go to Banana Republic and buy her “reporter safari” clothes.
Response: Yes.
Comment: The very question answers itself.
I hope the hell she doesn't get pinned down by sniper fire again !
Bill Clinton is directly responsible for the collapse of Haiti.
Everyone in the Haitian American community knows what he did to destroy the country in 1992.
In addition to the O.A.S. and U.N. embargoes on oil, the May 17, 1992 O.A.S. Resolution on Restoration of Democracy in Haiti utterly destroyed the country.
I am certain most of the movers and shakers in Haiti are also damn aware of what the Clintons done to them.
LOL. And lets hope she does not become sick again and use up the much needed medical services. Today’s Wash. Post reports that Hillary became actually “physically sick” upon hearing of the earthquake. What a weakling. We need somebody stronger for Sec. of State.
“hope she gets snippy with a reporter after he asks what has Bill raised so far?”
Or wistful.
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