This, in the midst of a report on the aid he is mobilizing and talking about his aidworkers already on the ground there from prior to the earthquake.
Read the history of the country. Haiti was a tragic place before the earthquake and has been throughout most of its history.
His remarks were describing the aid that is going in, and they were directed to the people who are paying for that aid. And the implication is that there is much to be done there even once the earthquake is cleaned up.
He is not merely a talking head. He was involved in Haiti before the newspeople woke up to it.
Onl;y questioing his remark which you choose to ignore.