But just over a week later. the White House released a statement that said: This longsimmering crisis is largely Mr. Aristides making. . . . We urge him to examine his position carefully. to accept responsibility. and to act in the best interests of the people of Haiti. The administrations initial lack of attention and subsequent response left us with no policy levers to pull and no Haitian institutions to call upon to quell the crisis. In that situationfaced with violence and instability that threatened to lead to a refugee crisiswe deployed American Marines. Emerging crises in the rest of the hemisphere are potentially as dire. but the administration still appears no more engaged. Take. for example.