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I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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