Biden Says He Kept US Troops Out of Haiti to Avoid Misperception

President Joe Biden defended his decision against sending US troops to Haiti, while saying he was confident the deployment of a multinational police force led by Kenya could break the cycle of violence that has gripped the country.

The US president said the involvement of American military personnel on the ground would complicate the operation, suggesting that it could rankle other nations in the region already wary of US intervention.

“We concluded that for the United States to deploy forces in the hemisphere, just raises all kinds of questions that can be easily misrepresented,” Biden said Thursday at a White ...