(Ed. Note:  Thanks to friend Beverly Spicer for forwarding these articles to The Santiago Times. They present two entirely different “takes” on the U.S. response to Haiti’s earthquake tragedy.)

We Have Reason To Be Proud Of The U.S. Response In Haiti
By Steven Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

President Obama is providing the leadership we need and hoped for in the face of the horror of the Haitian earthquake. The clearest evidence of American unity behind the effort to respond to the tragedy in Haiti took place at the White House on Saturday, January 16 as our last three presidents, Obama, Bush and Clinton, joined forces to announce the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund. The simple humanitarian impulse that led these national leaders to set aside partisanship represents this country at its very best.

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