Maya Rodriguez is a National Correspondent, reporting for all E.W. Scripps television stations across the country. She is based in Washington, D.C., but she travels extensively from coast to coast and around the world for stories of interest.
As the violence in Haiti continues with no end in sight, the U.S. State Department asked U.S. Southern Command to deploy a Marine fleet anti-terrorism security team — known as a FAST team — to the U.S. embassy in Haiti. The U.S. has already evacuated nonessential personnel from the embassy there.
"We've had many tickets and they just keep getting canceled. Now, you can't even book a flight," Dolan said."So, we're just kind of waiting. A lot of people tell us to get to the D.R. border, and we can try to go to the D.R., but that's not a super safe route for us." Eddy Acevedo is chief of staff at The Wilson Center, a research think tank specializing in international affairs in Washington, D.C. While U.S. Southern Command sent Marines to secure the embassy, Acevedo said not to expect much else for now.
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