On September 30, 1991, a military revolution under the control of Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras has defeated the government of Jean-Bertran Aristide the president of Haiti. In 1992, during his presidential candidacy, Bill Clinton disapproved of the Bush administration for its rule on refugee return. He promised to increase pressure on the militaristic dictatorship by constricting economic approvals upon Haiti. President George H.W. Bush requested the reinstatement of democracy. He worked with the Organization of American States (OAS) to pass a trade restriction on all exports except food and medicine. The Clinton Administration looked for new goals for the United States foreign policy which involved the use of the military. Clinton
