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Jean-Bertrand Aristide: I reject the Bush administration's suggestion to hold early elections in an effort to diffuse the crisis.

On the recordFebruary 17, 2004
I reject the Bush administration's suggestion to hold early elections in an effort to diffuse the crisis.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Editor's note · Context

Aristide responds defiantly to the Bush administration's proposal amid the political crisis in Haiti.

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