After Secretary of State Colin Powell said it was “nonsense” to think that the U.S. had forced Aristide out of Haiti, Congressman Charles Rangel retorted, according to tompaine.com: “Both Senator [Tom] Harkin and I were in constant communication with Secretary Powell by phone, and this information about Aristide asking to leave the country or that his life was in danger was never shared with us.”
Additional reporting: Alicia Ng and Ashley Glacel