Biden defends not send­ing troops to con­trol Haiti gang vio­lence

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Biden defends not sending troops to control Haiti gang violence

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden held a joint press con­fer­ence with Kenyan Pres­i­dent William Ruto on Thurs­day at the White House, where the two lead­ers pledged con­tin­ued sup­port for efforts to restore law and order in Haiti.
Wide­spread vio­lence car­ried out by gangs led the inter­im prime min­is­ter of Haiti to resign ear­li­er this year, and Kenya stepped up in the spring to lead a multi­na­tion­al secu­ri­ty sup­port mis­sion to the coun­try. Kenya is in the process of send­ing police from Nairo­bi to the island Caribbean nation.
The Unit­ed States has helped coor­di­nate the MSS, but Biden was asked Thurs­day why he won’t be send­ing U.S. troops to take part in the peace­keep­ing mis­sion.
“We con­clud­ed that for the Unit …