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hard to see. but many lives were saved because of the money you sent. disease outbreaks avoided. there s been no major civil unrest. kids are in school. that s the good news, but everyone involved in the rebuilding of haiti will tell you progress here is too slow, and tonight we re keeping them honest. we re going to talk with former president clinton, sean penn, who s running a camp here, and the real heros here, the people of haiti themselves who just want their futures to begin. first, something that stunned us at the airport when we arrived yesterday. we ve been asked by a relief group to bring in some supplies, tools and an industrial saw, blades, jackhammer, equipment to help haitians build homes and structures to live in. at the airport, haitian customs officials said we had to pay a tax on the relief items, on emergency relief items, on building supplies, a 20% tax. it was $5,000 worth of equipment, and the haitians customs demanded $1,000. we explained, this is for the

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