Mission Accomplish For US Troops In Haiti

U.S. Army Lt. D.B. Robinson, left, and Lt. Jacob Bagwell compare notes after a meeting at a local hospital in the Del Mas area of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 20, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment and have been visiting hospitals to assess needs and to provide Army medics to help work in the hospitals. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III

US Troops Withdrawing En Masse From Haiti -- MSNBC/AP

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.

As troops packed their duffels and began to fly home this weekend, Haitians and some aid workers wondered whether U.N. peacekeepers and local police are up to the task of maintaining order. More than a half-million people still live in vast encampments that have grown more unpleasant in recent days with the early onset of the rainy season.

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My Comment: If we could only get out of Afghanistan and Iraq just as quickly.

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