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On the recordApril 11, 2011
In Haiti, where I see a lot of expensive vehicles and operations, I also see a lot of people living under tarps and trying to bathe in polluted streams and it's almost overwhelming.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy describes the stark contrast between aid operations and the dire living conditions in Haiti.

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