State Dept. Update on the Situation in Haiti and the Adoption of Haitian Children, Jan. 19, 2010

by Gary Kopycinski on January 20, 2010

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010.

What is the State Department doing to assist U.S. citizens in Haiti?
We have evacuated more than 4,500 U.S. citizens in the week since the earthquake hit. That’s a phenomenal number considering that we’re taking them out of an area that’s been devastated by the earthquake and we’re taking them out to airport that’s rather small and limited in its capacity. Yesterday alone we evacuated almost 1,700 American citizens. We are…