U.S. President Obama asks former Presidents Bush and Clinton to help raise funds for devastated Haiti
Former President Bill Clinton speaks, as U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and former President George W. Bush look on, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on January 16, 2010. President Obama asked Bush and Clinton to head a task force to support Haiti, devastated after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake destroyed Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn
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