男女羞羞视频在线观看,国产精品黄色免费,麻豆91在线视频,美女被羞羞免费软件下载,国产的一级片,亚洲熟色妇,天天操夜夜摸,一区二区三区在线电影

Global General

Obama promises all-out relief effort in Haiti

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-14 13:20
Large Medium Small

WASHINGTON: US officials are laying out a massive military response to the Haiti earthquake, saying that ships, helicopters, transport planes and a 2,000-member Marine unit are either on the way or likely to begin moving soon.

One of the US Navy's large amphibious ships, the USS Bataan, was ordered to Haiti with a Marine expeditionary unit aboard. The ship is one of more than a half dozen, including frigates, a destroyer and a guided missile cruiser, being sent to the Caribbean nation.

Related readings:
Obama promises all-out relief effort in Haiti Wyclef Jean vows to help Haiti
Obama promises all-out relief effort in Haiti Haiti needs at least $10M?in humanitarian aid
Obama promises all-out relief effort in Haiti Chinese rescue team departs for Haiti
Obama promises all-out relief effort in Haiti 
Clinton postpones visit to New Zealand after Haiti quake

Fraser said during a news conference with other US officials that the Pentagon is "seriously looking at" sending thousands of Marines to assist with disaster relief efforts and security in Haiti.

The dispatched troops would aim to keep the peace in the event of post-disaster unrest as part of a larger international effort overseen by the United Nations, whose peacekeeping operation headquarters was destroyed in the quake. About 100 UN personnel are believed to be trapped in the ruins of he building.

President Barack Obama promised earlier Wednesday to mount an all-out rescue and humanitarian effort to help the people of Haiti overcome a "cruel and incomprehensible" tragedy."

The president said the relief effort is gearing up even as the US government is working to account for Americans who were on the island nation when the disaster struck late Tuesday afternoon.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton cut short an extended trip to the Asia-Pacific region to deal with the earthquake crisis in Haiti, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates called off a planned trip to Australia where he and Clinton were to attend an annual summit.

Clinton told reporters in Hawaii on Wednesday that she would return to Washington to help oversee US relief efforts instead of continuing on to Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand as she had initially planned.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Gates postponed his trip so he and Clinton "can continue to work on the crisis in Haiti." Obama has directed his administration to provide all aid necessary to assist in relief efforts.

The initial contingent of 2,000 Marines could be deployed to the quake-ravaged country within the next few days to either help with emergency aid distribution or enforce law in order in conjunction with UN peacekeepers already there, Fraser said.

The general said that a US aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, is also heading from Norfolk, Virginia, to the area and should arrive Thursday afternoon.

More immediately, Fraser's Miami-based Southern Command is also dispatching a team of 30 people to Haiti to support relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake and make way for additional military aid.

Officials said two C-130 aircraft were departing Wednesday for Haiti with the team of military engineers, operational planners, communications specialists and a command and control group. The Air Force is sending people to provide air traffic control and operations at the Port-au-Prince airport.

Coast Guard helicopters early Wednesday evacuated four injured US Embassy personnel to a hospital at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Southcom did not release their names.

Fraser said the military is also sending units to get Port-au-Prince's airport secured and operating again. The airport is considered "operational," he said, but the facility's tower and other operations were damaged.

Referring to possible use of US troops to maintain order, Fraser said: "It's going to be our assessments that are going to determine, in conjunction with (the UN mission) and the other international partners who are there, how best to deal with any security situations that come up."

"We don't know precisely what the situation is on the ground," he added. "So we're leaning forward to provide as much as capability as quickly as we can to respond to whatever the need is when we get there."

Fraser appeared with US Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah, the official named by Obama to coordinate American efforts in Haiti.

The president called upon all nations to join in helping stricken Haitians.

Obama spoke Wednesday in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room. Later, spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters the president had no plans to go to Haiti.

The president, who has been involved in ensuring a quick response since Tuesday night, said in a statement from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room that one of the government's top priorities is to quickly locate US embassy employees and their families, as well as all other American citizens living and working in Haiti. He urged Americans trying to locate family members to contact the State Department at 1-888-407-4747.

Obama sought to show a swift and united disaster response with the United States as an assertive leader, but he said the effort must be an international one. "We are reminded of the common humanity that we all share," he said, with Vice President Joe Biden at his side.

The president outlined a series of steps to help the Haitian people and said the US commitment to its hemispheric neighbor will be unwavering.

"We have to be there for them in their hour of need," the president said.

Obama adjusted his Wednesday schedule, canceling a jobs event in Maryland to better monitor the situation in Haiti.

Obama encouraged Americans who want to help to go to www.whitehouse.gov to find options for contributing to the aid effort.

Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor, Steven R. Hurst and Pauline Jelinek in Washington contributed to this report.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 安顺市| 磐安县| 嫩江县| 锡林浩特市| 翁源县| 清水县| 清新县| 上林县| 喜德县| 迁西县| 汉寿县| 神木县| 博野县| 佳木斯市| 宜君县| 琼海市| 宜宾市| 乳山市| 河北省| 慈溪市| 浙江省| 山丹县| 石棉县| 正镶白旗| 鄂伦春自治旗| 新民市| 广德县| 二连浩特市| 奉贤区| 宝坻区| 贵阳市| 扬州市| 涞水县| 南宫市| 济源市| 高密市| 芷江| 米易县| 耒阳市| 汽车| 汶上县| 泸水县| 嘉义市| 兴隆县| 嘉义县| 宕昌县| 秦皇岛市| 定州市| 霍州市| 延川县| 洪泽县| 溧水县| 山丹县| 沈丘县| 大田县| 济宁市| 深圳市| 罗定市| 竹北市| 融水| 长宁区| 无为县| 叙永县| 寻甸| 台州市| 阿城市| 博客| 探索| 南宁市| 乐清市| 岳池县| 额敏县| 兴宁市| 三原县| 奉节县| 于田县| 南江县| 玛沁县| 贵德县| 渭南市| 台北市| 惠东县|