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America's Commitment to Haiti: How Much for How Long?
As the US launches a massive rescue effort in Haiti, right-wing critics are saying that resources and money are wasted in a country that's already too dependent on the rest of the world. President Obama has promised to help "to the very end." We ask what that could mean. Also, were official "suicides" at Guantanamo Bay really deaths caused by torture?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAs the US launches a massive rescue effort in Haiti, right-wing critics are saying that resources and money are wasted in a country that's already too dependent on the rest of the world. President Obama has promised to help "to the very end." We ask what that could mean. Also, has the Obama Administration continued a cover-up of CIA killings at Guantanamo Bay?
Banner image: US AID Urban Search and Rescue team Miami-Dade performs search and rescue operations in Haiti, January 18, 2010. Photo:
