{"id":2251390,"date":"2024-05-23T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-defends-not-sending-troops-to-control-haiti-gang-violence\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T16:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:02:02","slug":"biden-defends-not-sending-troops-to-control-haiti-gang-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-defends-not-sending-troops-to-control-haiti-gang-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden stands firm on no troop deployment for Haiti gang crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-defends-not-sending-troops-to-control-haiti-gang-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251390&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden and Kenyan President \u2063William Ruto addressed the press at the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/self-styled-moderate-wiley-nickel-partnered-with-liberal-group-working-to-defund-police-end-cash-bail\/\" title=\"Self-Styled \u2018Moderate\u2019 Wiley Nickel Partnered With Liberal Group Working to Defund Police, End Cash Bail\">pledging support<\/a> for Haiti&#8217;s security\u200d restoration efforts. Gang violence compelled Haiti&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-haitian-president-assassinated-in-hateful-inhumane-and-barbaric-act-official-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Haitian President Assassinated In \u2018Hateful, Inhumane, And Barbaric Act,\u2019 Official Says\">interim prime minister<\/a> to resign. Kenya took the lead in a multinational security mission to Haiti. Although the U.S. assists \u2063in\u200c coordination, Biden clarified the\u200b decision not to deploy troops for \u2063peacekeeping in Haiti.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-president-will-not-add-fuel-to-summer-olympics-cancellation-rumors\/\" title=\"IOC president will \u2018not add fuel\u2019 to Summer Olympics cancellation rumors\">joint press conference<\/a> with Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>, where the two leaders pledged continued support for efforts to restore law and order in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Haiti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Widespread violence carried out by gangs led the interim prime minister of Haiti to resign earlier this year, and Kenya stepped up in the spring to lead a multinational security support mission to the country. Kenya is in the process of sending police from Nairobi to the island Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has helped coordinate the MSS, but Biden was asked Thursday why he won\u2019t be sending U.S. troops to take part in the peacekeeping mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe concluded that for the United States to deploy forces in the Western Hemisphere just raises all kinds of questions that can be easily misrepresented,\u201d the president said. \u201cAnd so, I\u2019m very grateful for President Ruto\u2019s leadership here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to a second question on the topic, Biden again defended his decision, noting that the U.S. is \u201cin a situation where we want to do all we can without us looking like America, once again, is stepping over and deciding \u2018this is what must be done.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden did say the U.S. would provide the MSS with intelligence, logistical support, and equipment and that he\u2019s working with Congress to provide $200 million in funding for the mission.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the president stated that \u201cwe\u2019re kind of occupied around the world\u201d and is actively facilitating humanitarian aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>On Kenya\u2019s leadership of the mission, Ruto said his nation has taken part in peacekeeping operations in 47 countries over the past 40 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a clear mandate,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cWe have a clear framework, and it is us, the people of Kenya, who made this decision in the interest of serving peace and stability as a responsible global citizen. Insecurity, instability anywhere is insecurity and instability everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s press conference can be seen in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"zvbbcHOsRk8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Holds a Joint Press Conference with President William Ruto of Kenya\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvbbcHOsRk8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto reaffirmed their commitment to restoring order in Haiti during a joint White House press conference. They vowed ongoing support amid escalating gang violence that prompted Haiti&#8217;s interim prime minister to step down this year. Kenya and the U.S. are united in addressing the crisis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2251391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24144652684087.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24144652684087.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}