U.S. Government
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 00:00
According to January 20 reports by the U.N. Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Government of Haiti (GoH) Directorate for Civil Protection has announced that the January 12 earthquake resulted in 75,000 deaths, 200,000 injuries,
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
We have 43 urban search-and-rescue teams still on the ground in Haiti. They continue to have ongoing operations, including seven teams continue to operate at the Hotel Montana. And to date, there have been 122 persons rescued recently, including 43 by the
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
Chile is a valued partner of the United States in many areas, including international peacekeeping operations in Haiti, and is a leader in the promotion of democracy and stability in the region
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
President Preval and Secretary Clinton jointly reaffirm that the Governments of Haiti and the United States will continue to cooperate under this shared understanding to promote the most safe and effective rescue, relief, recovery and reconstruction effor
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
Gates announced that he signed deployment orders this morning to send a port-clearing ship equipped with cranes to get the port operating within a week or two to speed up aid distribution
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
In a life-saving move, a Navy helicopter transported two severely injured Haitians to receive treatment aboard this hospital ship: a 6-year-old boy and 20-year-old man - had received care on the USS Carl Vinson, a U.S. aircraft carrier
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
As the ship approached shore in the capital city here, sailors aboard the Comfort felt the magnitude 6.1 aftershock. The jolt collapsed a pier in Port-au-Prince that medical planners were hoping to use as an evacuation point for injured Haitians
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
Approximately 125 Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit came ashore near Leogand, Haiti today beginning relief operations in a pasture that is now being used as a landing zone for helicopters loaded with supplies
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
Local reports put the aftershock at magnitude 6.1, but it lasted only a few seconds just after 6 a.m. According to reports it was centered about 35 miles northwest here. No damage was apparent here
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 00:00
U.S. Navy Maritime Prepositioning Ship USNS 1ST LT Jack Lummus is loading cargo at Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 18-19 in support of international disaster relief efforts underway in Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake. Lummus is loa