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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Soldiers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division walk to a Navy helicopter to be dropped off to secure an area to drop in food and water supplies near the Cite Soleil area, as relief contiues to arrive after the massive earthquake January 18, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
[tweetmeme]Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. Many buildings were reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images).
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 18: A U.S. Army soldier carries an injured child from a helicopter as she is brought in for care after being hurt during the massive earthquake.
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Haitian-US citizens earthquake survivors waiting at the airport to leave Port-au-Prince return to USA, on January 17, 2010. The airport congestion also touched off diplomatic rows between the US military and other donor nations. France and Brazil both lodged official complaints that the US military, in control of the international airport, had denied landing permission to relief flights from their countries. Photo by Tolga Adanali/AA/ABACAPRESS.COM
Editor’s Note: Over recent days, there has been reported criticism from within Haiti, and formal complaints laid by France and Brazil, and its aid agencies, that the US soldiers were “occupying” Haiti, and not prioritising medical workers. Clearly, the US Military are providing medical aid, and other relief, on a scale we have never before witnessed. After the challenges with airport congestion in Haiti, and aid reportedly not reaching people in need, someone needed to step in, take control and ensure there was an orderly process in order at Haiti Airport. The Haitian Government, under the circumstances, were incapable of doing that. Good on the US Military for stepping in, and stepping on diplomatic and aid agency toes, to ensure aid reached people in need. Haitians were crying out for help. Now the US military are in Haiti, they’re now facing criticism for doing a job they were called on to do as part of the international effort. In case governments and aid agencies need reminding, the US military are responding , along with Mexico, France, Brazil, Israel and others, to a catastrophic crisis of devastating proportions. Give them a break .
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Patients affected by the recent earthquake wait outside the Killick Haitian Coast Guard base clinic to receive treatment from U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard medical workers, January 16, 2010. (Candice Villarreal/US Navy News Photo/MCT).
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Medical staff from the U.S. Navy, left, and U.S. Coast Guard, right, treat earthquake victims at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard base clinic in Haiti, January 16, 2010. (Candice Villarreal/US Navy News Photo/MCT).
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Naval Air Crewman 2nd Class Jason Harold of Goldsboro, North Carolina, transfers a young Haitian earthquake victim from an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter during a medical evacuation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, January 16, 2010. (Candice Villarreal/US Navy News Photo/MCT).
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines an injured Haitian girl in the medical facility aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) near Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on January 18, 2010. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and reporter for the CNN news network, was brought to the ship to assist in performing brain surgery on a 12-year-old Hatian girl. UPI/Erin Oberholtzer/U.S. Navy.
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Cmdr. Jerry Berman, left, a Navy surgeon, Dr. Henri R. Ford, Los Angles Pediatric Hospital Surgeon-in-Chief originally from Haiti, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a CNN medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon, and Lt. Cmdr. Kathryn Berndt, a Navy surgeon, prepare a 12-year-old Haitian girl with a severe head injury for surgery aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson near Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on January 18, 2010. Surgeons removed a piece of concrete from the child’s brain caused by the earthquake in Haiti. UPI/Michael Barton/U.S. Navy.
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U.S. military members distribute food and water to Haitian citizens in Port-Au-Prince on January 17(UPI/US Navy)
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A Haitian boy receives his meal-ready-to eat (MRE) and bottled water from U.S. military members that are distributing food and water at one of the distribution points in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 17(UPI/Laura A. Moore/US Navy)
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A SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter arrives to deliver water and supplies on January 15, 2010 to Port-au-Prince (UPI/Daniel Barker/U.S. Navy).
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Sailors from the United States Navy deliver an injured U.S. citizen to USS Carl Vinson on Friday, January 15, 2010. Health Services department moved the man to one of the deck elevators for transfer to the ship’s medical facility. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Haiti in response to the January 12, 2010, earthquake disaster. (Adrian White/US Navy News Photo/MCT)
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U.S. Army soldiers unload food and supplies on January 15, 2010 from a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.(UPI/Candice B. Villarreal/U.S. Navy).
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – earlier today: A child sits in his father’s arms as they camp at a makeshift site after their home was destroyed by the massive earthquake. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. Many buildings were reduced to rubble by the 7.3-strong quake on January 12. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
[tweetmeme] These photos were taken earlier today in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Please be warned: some images are graphic and may disturb.
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A man requests help to remove bodies from under the rubbles.
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People look on as rescue workers try to reach children begging for help from under the rubble of what is left of the St Gerard building.
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A man tries to quiet a crowd down so they can listen to the children begging for help from under the rubble of what is left of the St Gerard building.
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A women lies on her hospital bed as she waits for care at the main hospital after being injured during the massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Haitians dig out rubble by hand at the site of a collapsed school where dozens of students are feared buried.
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Haitians walk on the fringe of a displaced persons camp days after the earthquake.
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Haitians look at the rubble of the once-ornate National Palace that collapsed during the earthquake.
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A Haitian man turns away from the sight of hundreds of bodies piled up outside the morgue and main hospital in Port-au-Prince.
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Hands from bodies pile up outside the morgue and main hospital.
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Local water company ‘Fraicheu Local’ distributes free water
Rubble of the once-ornate National Palace that collapsed.
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Members of FAIRFAX COUNTY Urban Search and Rescue search a collapsed section of the Hotel Montana on January 14, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during a search for survivors. Eight people, including 7 Americans, have been rescued from the rubble of the hotel. UPI/Joshua Lee Kelsey/U.S. Navy.
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Members of Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue scale a collapsed section of the Hotel Montana.
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Members of Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue search a collapsed section of the Hotel Montana
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Richard Santos, from Washington DC, is carried from the rubble of the Hotel Montana by members of Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue on January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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BELGIAN emergency workers stand as they labor to free Rosemene Josiane, 28, who had been trapped in the rubble of her house for days after the earthquake.
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A group of B-FAST (Belgian First Aid and Support Team) members worked most of the day to free the woman, who had her legs pinned under concrete; in the end, the emergency workers had to anesthetize her and amputate one leg to free her. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images).
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Neighbors cry out prayers of thanks after Belgian emergency workers save Rosemene Josiane, 28, who has been trapped in the rubble of her house for days since the earthquake.
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People, earlier today, carry a coffin of a relative killed by the massive earthquake.
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Search and Rescue workers from MEXICO carry their dog as they searches for survivors trapped under the rubble of what is left of a building after the massive earthquake.
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A MEXICAN rescue team with search dogs attempts to save suvivors under a seven story building.
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People who lost their homes when the massive earthquake struck take up shelter under makeshift tents in the parks in front of the Presidential Palace.
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A women waits for care at the main hospital after being injured during the massive earthquake.
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A woman requests assistance as local water companies distribute free water as relief efforts continue.
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Earlier today, rescue workers educate and coordinate with the population relief efforts days after the earthquake.
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Search and rescue team members from the Dominican Republic nap after working the night shift near the Port au Prince airport
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Photos: Michelle Obama On Fighting Childhood Obesity
Posted: February 11, 2010 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, health, Opinion & Commentary, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: (L), (R, 2009, 2010, 9, agriculture, Arne, attend, barack, c, campaign, ceremony, Championship, childhood, combat, dining, Duncan, education, epidemic, event, exercise, february, first, football, Glenn, government, greets, health, Hornets, house, human, interior, Kathleen, Ken, lady, Launch, Launches, let's, members, memorandum, Michelle, michelle obama, move, national, news, obama, obesity, office, oval, PeeWee, Politics, president, president obama, room, Salazar, Sebelius, secretary, services, signs, speaks, standing, state, team, Theiler, Tom, UPI/Alexis, UPI/Mike, us, Vilsack, washington, Watkins, white, youth | Leave a comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=michelle+obama&iid=7856535″ src=”b/7/d/4/First_Lady_launches_e910.JPG?adImageId=10129892&imageId=7856535″ width=”500″ height=”345″ /]
First Lady Michelle Obama greets members of the 2009 national championship pee-wee football team, the Watkins Hornets, as she speaks at an event to launch Let’s Move, a campaign to combat the childhood obesity epidemic, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on February 9, 2010. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) signs a memorandum on childhood obesity in a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 9, 2010. Standing behind the President are (L to R) Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. UPI/Mike Theiler