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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:
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The US military has opened two new airfields in Haiti and supplies are being delivered now by helicopter and amphibious vehicles. Joe Mozingo is in Port-au-Prince for the Los Angeles Times .
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President Obama has made the US response to Haiti's earthquake a "top priority across the federal government." He says he's mobilized "every element of our national capacity" and promises the US will be there with Haiti "every step of the way."
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In 2006, the Bush Administration announced that three prisoners—one from Yemen, two from Saudi Arabia—hanged themselves at Guantánamo Bay. Now, Harper's magazine is reporting that claim was false and that the Obama Administration is participating in an ongoing cover-up.
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