About this picture: This morning President Barack Obama promised the people of Haiti that they would not be forsaken or forgotten.
Yesterday he told Americans, We have to be here for them in their hour of need.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday promised to Haiti the full support of the U.S. government with rescue efforts following earthquakes that hit the island nation on Tuesday.
While delivering a prepared statement in the White House, the president acknowledged the widespread devastation caused by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake and its crushing impact on Haiti's poor population.
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