U.S., Other Donors Eye Billions To Rebuild Haiti

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:49pm

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with her counterparts in Montreal on Monday at a conference of international donors with the aim of "helping Haiti build back better," Clinton said.

But experts say the U.S. needs to learn from past mistakes, because American interventions in Haiti often have done more harm than good.

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