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US Has Delivered Zero on $1B Aid Pledged to Haiti

Kevin Spak — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:46:06 CDT

Remember all that money the nations of the world generously pledged to help with Haiti’s earthquake relief efforts? It hasn’t materialized, CNN reports. Less than 2% of the $5.3 billion promised at an aid conference in March has actually been delivered to the UN, with only Brazil, Norway, Estonia,...

Bush, Clinton Tour Port-au-Prince

M. Morris — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:30:00 CDT

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush toured Port-au-Prince today, meeting survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake at a huge homeless camp in the Haitian capital. The former presidents, who were making their first joint visit, spearheaded the American relief fundraising effort, which has drawn $37 million so far. "Our mission...

Obama Donates $1.4M Nobel Cash to 10 Charities

Nick McMaster — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:32:57 CST

President Obama has donated the $1.4 million he got with the Nobel Peace Prize to 10 charities, with a heavy emphasis on education. The most money, however, went to Fisher House, which provides care for patients at VA and military hospitals. It gets $250,000, while the Clinton-Bush Haiti...

Feeling 'Great,' Bill Clinton Gets Back to Work

M. Morris — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:39:00 CST

Less than 24 hours after surgery to insert two stents in a coronary artery, Bill Clinton got back to work today. "I feel great," the former president said after returning to his home in Chappaqua, NY. It's "miraculous what they do with the stents," he added. The 63-year-old Clinton, who...

Clinton Back to Haiti to Oversee Aid Effort

Emily Rauhala — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:42:07 CST

Bill Clinton is heading back to earthquake-stricken Haiti today to oversee aid efforts. The former president, now the UN special envoy to Haiti, will meet with local leaders, visit a clinic and deliver supplies, CNN reports. "More than three weeks after the earthquake, the relief efforts in Haiti have been...

Clinton-Led Recovery Is the Last Thing Haiti Needs

Jane Yager — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:52:05 CST

Bill Clinton's high-profile, perpetually teary-eyed presence on the ground in Haiti has snagged him the unofficial role of aid czar in the rebuilding effort, Mary Anastasia O'Grady writes in the Wall Street Journal , and that's very bad news for Haitians. As president, O'Grady writes, Clinton did plenty to show he...

Clinton, Investors Work On 'Marshall Plan' for Haiti

Nick McMaster — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:24:04 CST

Bill Clinton and Ireland's Denis O'Brien—Haiti's biggest foreign investor—are collaborating on a "Marshall Plan" for the nation. The leader of Irish telecom Digicel urged companies to re-invest in the earthquake-stricken nation. "Obviously we need foreign direct investment, but on a wider front we need a Marshall plan, O'Brien...

Bill Clinton Visits Haiti

M. Morris — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:54:43 CST

Bill Clinton visited Port-au-Prince today, touring a hospital and praising the Haitian people as "heroic." The former president, who is also a UN special envoy to Haiti, helped deliver medicine and other supplies. "I'll be surprised and disappointed if 48 hours from now we're not feeding and bringing fresh water...

Bush, Clinton: It's Not About Politics

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:14:00 CST

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton continued their push for private fundraising for Haiti today, appearing side by side on five Sunday talk shows to emphasize the humanitarian crisis over partisanship. "I'd say now is not the time to focus on politics," Bush told Face the Nation . "You've...