US military evacuates non-essential staff‚ adds security at embassy in Haiti
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US military evacuates non-essential staff‚ adds security at embassy in Haiti

The U.S. military carried out an evacuation mission of U.S. Embassy staff in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti‚ amid a deteriorating security situation. The State Department requested the military carry out the mission to both airlift non-essential personnel out of the capital and to increase the security posture at the embassy‚ according to a statement from U.S. Southern Command. There were no Haitians on the military aircraft‚ the military said‚ signaling that no senior...