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Chris Dodd: “I chair the subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee dealing with the Western Hemisphere and, obviously, includes…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2010
I chair the subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee dealing with the Western Hemisphere and, obviously, includes the nation of Haiti, as well as served as a Peace Corps volunteer some 40 years ago on the island of Hispaniola on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. So aside from the interest we all have in what has happened to the thousands of Haitians as a result of this catastrophic earthquake that has occurred, I have many friends in that country, some of whom I have not heard from in the last week or so, who are lost at this point.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut
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Jan 21, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the impact of the earthquake in Haiti and his personal connection to the country.

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