U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in quake-battered Haiti on Saturday afternoon and immediately went into meetings with officials there.
Clinton warmly greeted Haitian President Rene Preval outside a tent at the airport, where she gathered with military personnel and U.S. ambassadors.
Clinton, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the devastated country, was traveling with Rajiv Shah, director of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is leading relief efforts.
The U.S. Coast Guard plane she arrived on was carrying 100 cases of water, 100 cases of meals-ready-to-eat, and food and toiletries for about 140 U.S. Embassy staff members. Fifty Americans, who have been waiting to be evacuated, will fly back to the United States when Clinton departs.
Clinton indicated Friday that she would not leave the Port-au-Prince airport during her visit, saying she did not want to use vehicles that could be transporting much-needed aid to victims of Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude quake.
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