Clinton Gives Account Of Zelaya Expulsion

In remarks given Friday at the State Department, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton briefly details the expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya earlier this year. (0:25)
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Clinton: U.S. Condemned Honduran President's Expulsion

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the coup in Honduras involving ousted President Manuel Zelaya, saying that "since the coup, the United States has been committed both to our democratic principles and to providing help to the Hondurans to find a way back to a democratic and constitutional order. We condemned President Zelaya's expulsion, we've taken concrete steps to demonstrate unequivocally our opposition. But we've continued to try to reach out and work with diverse sectors in Honduras." (0:27)
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Former Honduran Official Says Coup Was Constitutional

Guillermo Perez-Cadalso, former Foreign Minister and Honduran Supreme Court Justice, says that in the midst of all the media has failed to seperate the issue of President Zelaya’s removal from the country versus his proper removal from office under the terms of the Honduran Constitution. He highlights the fact that Zelaya was “legally and constitutionally removed from office.” (0:18)
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Florida GOP'er Says Zelaya's Ignored Honduras's Laws

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) says Honduran President Manuel Zelaya refused to listen to his nation's Supreme Court as well as its Congress. He says Zelaya is a man who tried to "undermine the legislature, the judiciary, the Attorney General" and many others, including his own party. Mack also says the illegal referendum ballots that he seized and distributed "had Hugo Chavez's fingerprints all over them." (0:39)
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