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Haitian president Rene Préval and his delegation met with president Obama at the White House this week to offer an update on the status of relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in the earthquake devastated island of Haiti. On January 12, 2010 the massive earthquake, registering 7.0 on the Richter scale, struck the island Haiti's Port-au-Prince area. "Your grief is shared by our strong and vibrant Haitian American community, some of whom join us here today and who continue to mourn the loss of their loved ones back in Haiti. To you, and to our fellow Americans, please know that you remain in our thoughts and in our prayers", said Obama. Shortly after the earthquake U.S. urban search and rescue teams from Fairfax County, Los Angeles County, Miami, Miami-Dade, Virginia Beach, and New York City were deployed and, with rescue teams from other countries, pulled a total of 136 survivors from the rubble. The President thanked the men and women who answered Haiti’s cal...