79.1N0/16: 112/7 HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JANUARY 4, 1996 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations 23-559 CC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052562-4 COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York, Chairman WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania ELTON GALLEGLY, California SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas DAVID FUNDERBURK, North Carolina STEVEN J. CHABOT, Ohio MARSHALL "MARK” SANFORD, South Carolina MATT SALMON, Arizona AMO HOUGHTON, New York LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey CYNTHIA A. MCKINNEY, Georgia VICTOR O. FRAZER, Virgin Islands (Ind.) RICHARD J. GARON, Chief of Staff MICHAEL H. VAN DUSEN, Democratic Chief of Staff CONTENTS Robert S. Gelbard, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Legal Affairs, Department of State James F. Dobbins, Special Haiti Coordinator, Department of State William E. Perry, Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Seth P. Waxman, Asssociate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Jus- Letters dated January 3, 1996, to Chairman Benjamin A. Gilman from Wendy Sherman, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Depart- Letter dated July 11, 1995, to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Presi- dent of the Republic of Haiti from William Lacy Swing, U.S. Ambas- Letter dated March 22, 1995, to Jean Joseph Exume, Minister of Justice, Republic of Haiti from George Fisher, Major General, U.S. Army Letter dated March 31, 1995, to Senator Jesse Helms from Jean Bertin Letters dated January 15, 1996, to Administration witnesses from Chair- HAITI: HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLICE ISSUES THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1996 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:05 a.m., in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman (chairman of the committee) presiding. Chairman GILMAN. The committee will come to order. The first order of business today before we begin our hearing is to welcome the newest member of our committee, Mr. Tom Campbell of California. He is a distinguished former Member, recently returned to this House to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of our former colleague, the gentleman from California, Mr. Mineta. Congressman Campbell has most recently served in the California State Senate and as a professor of law at Stanford University. Before service in the House, he served with the Federal Trade Commission, he was a White House fellow, a lawyer in private practice, and as a former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Byron White. Mr. Campbell holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, for which we will forgive him, and a B.A. and a Ph.D., all in economics, from the University of Chicago. We warmly welcome you to our committee, Mr. Campbell. Chairman GILMAN. I will be pleased to yield to the Ranking Minority Member, Mr. Hamilton. Mr. HAMILTON. Let me join with the chairman in welcoming Mr. Campbell to the committee. He served in the Congress with very great distinction previously. We are delighted to have him back, and especially pleased to have him on this committee. That is quite a resumé he has. He is going to increase the intellectual level of this committee quite a lot. We are glad to have you, Tom, and welcome to the committee. Chairman GILMAN. Mr. Roth. Mr. ROTH. I would like to join you and the Ranking Member in welcoming Mr. Campbell. I have known him and worked with him. on the Banking Committee, and I am pleased to see he is again going to sit on both the Banking Committee and on this committee. It is a great delight to have Tom back. We are looking forward to the questions that he has for our witnesses, too. Chairman GILMAN. Thank you, Mr. Roth. Are there other members seeking recognition? |