Hillary Clinton to Visit Haiti Today

Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 4:04 pm under World News

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to Haiti to inspect earthquake damage and confer with Haitian and other officials on how to speed humanitarian aid to thousands of sufferers and further shape the recovery effort.

Hillary Clinton will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Haiti since Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, which the Red Cross estimates killed 45,000 to 50,000 people.

Dr. Rajiv Shah, the White House’s designated coordinator of the U.S. relief effort, told reporters at the State Department on Friday that the main focus of U.S. efforts was still on recovering trapped survivors. Shah was to accompany Clinton to Haiti.