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Interim PM Requests U.S. Troops To Haiti Following President’s Assassination

Eric Quintanar
Interim PM Requests U.S. Troops To Haiti Following President’s Assassination
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The interim prime minister of Haiti has asked that the United States send military troops to the island to serve as a force for stability, a request that comes only days after President Jovenel Moise was assassinated at his home. 

The New York Times reported Friday afternoon that a Haitian official had requested U.S. troops on the island, about 700 miles off the coast of Florida. The Associated Press has since reported that Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister, has made such a request.

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