Ex-U.S. envoy to Haiti tells CBS News why he took the "nuclear" option to quit on the Biden administration
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Washington — As U.S. and Haitian authorities continue working to free 17 members of a missionary group kidnapped almost three weeks ago, there is new immediacy to the question of how to restore order inside a country in the grips of gang violence and a humanitarian crisis. The recently-resigned U.S. special envoy to Haiti who quit in September to protest the Biden administration's Haiti policy has explained to "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan why he believed the dramatic move was his only option even as desperate Haitians flee to American shores.
"I realized the only way I'd get the right attention was by going nuclear and resigning," long-time diplomat Daniel Foote told Brennan in his first interview since resigning.
Ambassador Foote told CBS News that his frustration with the Biden administration's "deeply flawed" Haiti policy had been mounting since late August or early September.
