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| <span id="STtranscriptContent1" class="STtranscriptContent" name="2000">Good morning, everybody. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent2" class="STtranscriptContent" name="10000">This morning I want to extend to the people of Haiti the deep condolences and unwavering support of the American people following yesterdays's terrible earthquake. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent3" class="STtranscriptContent" name="14000">We are just now beginning to learn the extent of the devastation. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent4" class="STtranscriptContent" name="19000"><br><br>But the reports and images that we've seen of collapsed hospitals, crumbled homes and men and women carrying their injured neighbors through the streets are truly heartwrenching, indeed for a country and a people who are no strangers to hardship and suffering. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent5" class="STtranscriptContent" name="39000">And this tragedy seems especially cruel and incomprehensible. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent6" class="STtranscriptContent" name="44000"><br><br>Our thoughts and prayers are also with the many Haitian Americans around our country who do not yet know the fate of their families and loved ones back home. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent7" class="STtranscriptContent" name="50000">I have directed my administration to respond with a swift, coordinated and aggressive effort to save lives.<br><br></span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent8" class="STtranscriptContent" name="61000">The people of Haiti will have the full support of the United States in the urgent effort to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble, and to deliver the humanitarian relief, the food, water and medicine that Haitians will need in the coming days. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent9" class="STtranscriptContent" name="74000">In that effort, our government, especially USAID and the Departments of State and Defense are working closely together and with our partners in Haiti, the region and around the world.<br><br></span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent10" class="STtranscriptContent" name="86000">Right now our efforts are focused on several urgent priorities. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent11" class="STtranscriptContent" name="92000">First, we're working quickly to account for U.S. Embassy personnel and their families in Port Au Prince as well as the many American citizens who live and work in Haiti. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent12" class="STtranscriptContent" name="101000">Americans trying to locate family members in Haiti are encouraged to contact the State Department at 888-407-4747. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent13" class="STtranscriptContent" name="110000">I'm going to repeat that: 888-407-4747.<br><br></span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent14" class="STtranscriptContent" name="116000">Second, we've mobilized resources to help rescue efforts, military over-flights, have assessed the damage and by early afternoon our civilian disaster assistant team are beginning to arrive. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent15" class="STtranscriptContent" name="129000">Search and rescue teams from Florida, Virginia and California will arrive throughout today and tomorrow. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent16" class="STtranscriptContent" name="136000">And more rescue and medical equipment and emergency personnel are being prepared. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent17" class="STtranscriptContent" name="141000">Because in disasters such as this, first hours and days are absolutely critical to saving lives and avoiding even greater tragedy, I have directed my teams to be as forward leaning as possible in getting the help on the ground and coordinating with our international partners as well.<br><br></span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent18" class="STtranscriptContent" name="162000">Third, given the many different resources that are needed, we are taking steps to ensure that our government acts in a unified way. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent19" class="STtranscriptContent" name="170000">My national security team has led an inner agency effort overnight. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent20" class="STtranscriptContent" name="174000">And to ensure that we coordinate our effort going forward, I've designated the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Dr. Ross Shaw, to be our government's unified disaster coordinator. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent21" class="STtranscriptContent" name="186000">This rescue and recovery effort will be complex and challenging. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent22" class="STtranscriptContent" name="190000">As we move resources into Haiti, we will be working closely with partners on the ground including the many NGO's from Haiti and across Haiti, the United Nation Stabilization Mission which appears to have suffered its own losses and our partners in the region and around the world. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent23" class="STtranscriptContent" name="207000">This must truly be an international effort.<br><br></span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent24" class="STtranscriptContent" name="212000">Finally, let me just say that this is a time when we are reminded of the common humanity that we all share. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent25" class="STtranscriptContent" name="216000">With just a few hundred miles of ocean between us and a long history that binds us together, Haitians are our neighbors in the Americas and here at home. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent26" class="STtranscriptContent" name="225000">So, we have to be there for them in their hour of need. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent27" class="STtranscriptContent" name="230000">Despite the fact that we are experiencing tough times here at home, I would encourage those Americans who want to urgent humanitarian efforts, to go to whitehouse.gov where you can learn how to contribute. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent28" class="STtranscriptContent" name="244000">We must be prepared for difficult hours and days ahead as we learn about the scope of the tragedy. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent29" class="STtranscriptContent" name="251000">We will keep the victims and their families in our prayers. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent30" class="STtranscriptContent" name="255000">We will be resolute in our response and I pledge to the people of Haiti that you will have a friend and partner in the United States of America today and going forward.</span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent31" class="STtranscriptContent" name="264000">And may God bless the people of Haiti and those working on their behalf. </span> | |
| <span id="STtranscriptContent32" class="STtranscriptContent" name="270000">Thank you very much.</span> | |
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