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A new team of U.S. Marines has been sent to Haiti to help protect the American embassy, the U.S. military said Wednesday, a day after the country's prime minister announced his resignation following months of rising unrest and gang violence. The U.S. Southern Command said in a statement that a fleet-anti-terrorism security team, known as FAST, was deployed to the embassy in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince, which has been at the center of the chaos and civil disorder.
No timeframe was given for the transition and Henry remains prime minister, although he is in Puerto Rico and unable to return to Haiti after armed gangs calling for his resignation took control of major airports. The military statement said that the U.S. Department of Defense has doubled its funding for a multinational security mission in Haiti and was working with Kenya and other partners to 'restore security in Haiti.
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