US military police to help demonstrators in Haiti

Title

US military police to help demonstrators in Haiti

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

22 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:12

Description

US President Bill Clinton is sending in a thousand US military police to try and prevent violence against pro-democracy demonstrators in Haiti. Speakers: Burton Wides, one of (ex-Haitian President) Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s lawyers in the USA; Senator Malcolm Wallop, Democrat; David Obey and James Traficant, Democratic Members of the House of Representatives; President Bill Clinton; John Shalikashvili, Chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Paul Woodley reports from New York.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Bill Clinton; Malcolm Wallop; James Traficant; John Shalikashvili; David Obey; Burton Wides

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; Law enforcement; Police; International relations; Demonstrations; Military operations; Democracy; Dictatorship; Haiti; Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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