PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 6 (UPI) -- Haitian President Rene Preval is set to arrive in Washington Monday and says he will press for help for immediate needs as well a long-range aid.
Preval is to meet with Congress and U.S. President Barack Obama as the administration gets ready to ask lawmakers for more than $1 billion in aid for Haiti, devastated by an earthquake Jan. 12, The Miami Herald reported.