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Government after another, the u.s. has a long history there. remember, we first went in and occupied haiti 1915 to 1934 and u.s. forces back again after president aristide left. and then we had a history of nonfunctioning governments or governments functioning to benefit themselves rather than the people and that takes a long time to recover. >> greta: do you assess that haiti can rebuild itself? and not only rebuild itself from the earthquake, but rebuild itself from decades of squalor and lack of infrastructure? do you have optimism? >> i think it can occur, a lot of progress, and help from ...

Haiti had a history of that for years. we first went in and occupied haiti from 1915 to 1934. we have had u.s. forces back again after president aristide left back in 2004. we had a history of nonfunctioning governments or governments functioning to benefit themselves rather than the people. >> do you have a sense that haiti can rebuild itself? not only rebuild itself from the earthquake but rebuild itself from squalor and lack of infrastructure do you have a sense of optimism? >> i think it can occur. it will be a slow process it takes dedication and a lot of help from partner groups and nong...

Government after another, the u.s. has a long history there. remember, we first went in and occupied haiti 1915 to 1934 and u.s. forces back again after president aristide left. and then we had a history of nonfunctioning governments or governments functioning to benefit themselves rather than the people and that takes a long time to recover. >> greta: do you assess that haiti can rebuild itself? and not only rebuild itself from the earthquake, but rebuild itself from decades of squalor and lack of infrastructure? do you have optimism? >> i think it can occur, a lot of progress, and help from ...

Government after another, the u.s. has a long history there. remember, we first went in and occupied haiti 1915 to 1934 and u.s. forces back again after president aristide left. and then we had a history of nonfunctioning governments or governments functioning to benefit themselves rather than the people and that takes a long time to recover. >> greta: do you assess that haiti can rebuild itself? and not only rebuild itself from the earthquake, but rebuild itself from decades of squalor and lack of infrastructure? do you have optimism? >> i think it can occur, a lot of progress, and help from ...