HAITI-SHAH 2 LST

Shah said the US is working aggressively and in a highly
coordinated way across the government to coordinate all assets
and capacities to quickly and effectively provide as much
assistance as possible.
He said the immediate goal of the relief effort will be
to save as many lives as possible.
"The goal of the relief effort in the first 72 hours will
be very focused on saving lives... We will do that by first
putting in place significant Disaster Assistance Relief
Teams," Shah told reporters at a press conference.
He said by the end of the day a 15-member US team will be
on surveillance in Haiti, collecting data, identifying
priority sites and guiding efforts of the larger search and
response units that will follow into the country.
"We will be pushing forward with an aggressive and
coordinated effort focused very much on saving lives through
aggressive search and rescue in the urban environment for the
next 72 hours. And that will be the primary focus of our
engagement," he said.
Before her return to Washington, Clinton told reporters
at Honolulu in Hawaii that the administration will bring in
additional resources to support Shah's relief efforts.
"I have every confidence that Raj will continue in that
role with same caring and competence that he has always shown.
"He just took the job, was sworn into the job a couple of
days ago and had not had a chance to really staff up USAID,
which many of you know has been depleted over the last years.
So we are working to augment what Raj has on hand," she said.
PTI