Word: haitian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact he ever existed, has yielded to Clinton the Meek. Instead of taking a decisive turn toward creating a more just and fair international system, the Clinton administration has retreated into a corner, scarred by its rough treatment at the hands of Somali warlords, Serb soldiers and Haitian dockside gangs...
...move left Bill Clinton fumbling for an effective retort just when he had adopted stern new measures himself. He had persuaded the United Nations to harden sanctions against Haiti's outlaw regime. He had announced a new asylum policy that would end the unpopular practice of forcibly repatriating Haitian refugees without a hearing. He had appointed William Gray III, head of the United Negro College Fund, as Washington's new Haiti czar. Now he dangled threats of a military invasion of the island nation...
...official White House line was a flat denial that an invasion is imminent, but the signals emanating from the Cabinet were more mixed. A report in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times, which stated that the U.S. was readying "600 heavily armed and protected troops" to purge the Haitian military, prompted Secretary of Defense William Perry to comment, "I didn't recognize it as any plan we're working on." The same report drew from Secretary of State Warren Christopher a less guarded response: "That's the kind of force that's being discussed." U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright weighed in with...
...lean on, no community organizations to assist his restoration plans, no security apparatus to help enforce his authority. The only buttress against anarchy would be the presence of U.S. troops. That could make for a very long occupation -- far longer than the U.S. Congress or the American and Haitian people have the patience to endure...
Amid increasing tension and rumors of a possible armed intervention, the U.S. took steps to focus its policy toward Haiti. President Clinton appointed a new special envoy to the country: William Gray, a former Congressman from Pennsylvania. The White House also announced that Haitian boat people would now be permitted hearings at sea to determine whether they should be allowed political asylum. Meanwhile the Haitian military government named Supreme Court Justice Emile Jonassaint, 80, as President, a move the U.S. denounced as "cynical, unconstitutional and illegal...