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Jean-Bertrand Aristide: We feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.

On the recordFebruary 16, 2010
We feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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Aristide expresses his desire to return to Haiti to help after the earthquake.

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