I reject the Bush administration's suggestion to hold early elections in an effort to diffuse the crisis.
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
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Aristide responds defiantly to the Bush administration's proposal amid the political crisis in Haiti.
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