Bill Clinton on Haiti and Somalia

Title

Bill Clinton on Haiti and Somalia

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

16 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:46

Description

Report on US President Bill Clinton’s speech (with excerpts) on the crisis in Haiti where he has ordered American warships to block any shipments of oil or weapons to the country with the Guantanamo Bay Navel Base on alert after the country refused to return to democratic rule. Also mentions the ongoing crisis in Somalia and US role. Paul Woodley reports.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Bill Clinton

Keywords

USA; Cuba; Economic sanctions; International conflicts; Foreign policy; Peacekeeping; Somalia; Bill Clinton; Haiti; Guantanamo Bay

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