US names special coordinator for Haiti response

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

US names special coordinator for Haiti response
By JONATHAN M. KATZ (AP) – 6 hours ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. State Department has named a special coordinator to oversee Washington's reconstruction plans in earthquake-ravaged Haiti amid complaints about the lagging of promised aid money.

Two officials at the department told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Thomas C. Adams has already started on the job. The officials agreed to discuss the move only if not quoted by name because the appointment had not been made public.

The disclosure came a day after the AP reported that none of the $1.15 billion in reconstruction aid pledged by the U.S. at a donors' conference in March has arrived.

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Meanwhile, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted a more detailed authorization bill that could also release the money. That is being held up by Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, who placed a "hold" on the bill because he objected to the creation of such an office, which he says would duplicate the role of the U.S. ambassador to Haiti.

Coburn's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Adams' appointment.


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[TexasObserver]

1. K&R.

[saigon68]

2. What Coburn means is

"Let em starve--- They're mostly black anyway"

[COLGATE4]

3. No, what Coburn means is "there's no criminal dictator who I

can cozy up with so long as he pretends to let me evangelize him" in Haiti.