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Under the agreement, Haiti's ruling military junta will relinquish power to exiled President Rev. Jean Bertrand Aristide...
...last-minute swerve away from a Haiti invasion isn't pleasing its chief beneficiary -- Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This morning the exiled Haitian President issued a terse statement that pointedly failed to mention the accord brokered Sunday by former President Jimmy Carter. Instead, he referred only to the 1993 Governors Island agreement that would have ousted the junta members who booted him two years earlier. Capitol Hill held no sympathy: "It's time for Jean-Bertrand Aristide to get real," a U.S. Representative said, voicing a common congressional sentiment. Carter didn't make things any easier for President Clinton. He said...
...potential Republican presidential nominees in 1996, the former secretaries of State and Defense are the best qualified to speak about foreign affairs, and both would avoid the invasion Bill Clinton seems ready to launch. For Baker and Cheney, the bottom line is simple: restoring Haiti's deposed President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, isn't worth a single American life. From there, however, their positions diverge. Both would stay out of Haiti, but Cheney would also stay away...
...Pentagon has long insisted its troops would meet little resistance from the 7,000-man Haitian army, spokesmen indicated the total invasion force will probably consist of 20,000 U.S. troops, an overwhelming force intended to minimize casualties. Nearly half would be slated for peacekeeping, once returning President Jean-Bertrand Aristide settles in. Only about 13,000 are expected to actually invade Haiti, led by 1,800 Marines, who will storm Port-au-Prince to secure the airport and the U.S. embassy and then await reinforcements. The entire operation will be commanded by Admiral Paul D. Miller, a hard-charging...
...house ever be safe? Less than a week after a plane crashed onto the White House lawn, three fire trucks raced to the mansion early this afternoon to investigate smoke in the West Wing, safely away from the room where President Clinton was meeting with exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Verdict: "A light fixture shorted out, and there was a strong odor," said press secretary Dee Dee Myers...