Clinton visits Haiti

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! I hope on this holiday we can all take the time to reflect on the values King promoted and do what we can to support those in need, especially in Haiti. As many of you know, Secretary Clinton flew into Haiti on Saturday. The cargo plane she was ...

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! I hope on this holiday we can all take the time to reflect on the values King promoted and do what we can to support those in need, especially in Haiti.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! I hope on this holiday we can all take the time to reflect on the values King promoted and do what we can to support those in need, especially in Haiti.

As many of you know, Secretary Clinton flew into Haiti on Saturday. The cargo plane she was in carried soap, bottled water, and other supplies, along with relief workers. "We are here at the invitation of your government to help you," she told Haitian journalists, perhaps to make it clear this isn’t an imperialism-inspired intervention.

"I know of the great resilience and strength of the Haitian people," she also said. "You have been severely tested, but I believe that Haiti can come back even stronger and better in the future."

Due to Clinton’s emotional connection to Haiti, where she honeymooned with Bill Clinton (the U.N. envoy to Haiti), I’m sure she’ll give the relief efforts there extra consideration and support. As Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum wrote today, "I am very, very glad that [Bill Clinton] and his wife spent their honeymoon in Haiti: How fortunate, at this moment, that the country has such powerful friends."

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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