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...praisingU.S. troops' work in Haiti, adding that he'd send "the bulk" of military personnel home within months -- when United Nations peacekeepers take over. Still, Clinton said in a statement, he reserved the right to keep secret from Congress sensitive military moves in Haiti. Meanwhile in Port-au-Prince,Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristidereaffirmed his pledge to step down when his term expires next year...
...race issue is that it doesn't matter how hard you work as a person of color," added Ehrl D. LaFontant, a five-year resident and a Haitian immigrant. "The powers that be--the media--will bring you down for no reason whatever...
Aristide's joy-filled return marked more than a victory for the activist priest who transformed Haitian politics. As he gratefully acknowledged, the moment would never have occurred without the persistence of Bill Clinton, who dispatched a peaceful army to pave the way. Now the U.S. and Aristide depend on each other for success. The Haitian leader's ceremonial return was visibly orchestrated by his muscular allies. When he arrived a few minutes before noon, it was aboard a U.S. Air Force jet. For his safety, he was allowed only the most subdued reception by a privileged phalanx of dignitaries...
Amid the drama surrounding the junta leader's exit, few remarked on the yawning vacuum of police power he left behind. That absence only deepens the need for American involvement, despite White House protestations that the U.S. ! commitment is limited and temporary. From the Haitian capital to the remotest corners of the countryside, civil authority has melted away. Even with Aristide on the way home, U.S. soldiers were forced to immerse themselves in the minutiae of Haitian daily life...
...Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was expected to lay out plans for a new democratic government today, but instead fudged on the details and threw an olive branch to Haiti's elite. In his first address since his triumphant return, Aristide, speaking from the National Palace, simply promised a new government of "rich and poor." The rich had feared he would try to redistribute their wealth. Aristide also blamed right-wing foes for paying troublemakers to incite street violence that the rich are blaming on Aristide allies -- particularly an incident early today in which 60 youths looted a store...