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Media Advisory

For Immediate Release: January 17, 2010
Contact: Haiti Joint Information Center, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
HaitiJIC@USAID.gov

NEWS BRIEFING: U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO HAITI EARTHQUAKE

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – The U. S. government will hold two media briefings on Monday, January 18, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

When:

Monday, January 18, 2010

What:

Media briefings with federal partners to discuss response to Haiti earthquake.

9:00 a.m. ET Live Press Briefing
David Lindwall, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy
LTG ?P.K "Ken" Keen, Commander, Joint Task Force–Haiti
Operations center at west end of Toussaint Louverture International Airport tarmac

?2:00 p.m. ET – Teleconference

Tim Callahan, Lead, Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)
CPT Andy Stevermer, Commander, Incident Response Coordination Team–National Disaster Medical System (HHS)

Participant dial–in numbers:
United States (866) 233–3841?International: (651) 291–7662
Participant Access Code: 143611

Please contact the Haiti Joint Information Center at HaitiJIC@USAID.gov with any questions.

For your planning purposes, these briefings will be twice daily for the near-term future

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES