 President Préval and government ministers used police headquarters near the Toussaint L 'Ouverture International Airport as their new base of operations , although their effectiveness was extremely limited ; several parliamentarians were still trapped in the Presidential Palace , and offices and records had been destroyed . Some high @-@ ranking government workers lost family members , or had to tend to wounded relatives . Although the president and his remaining cabinet met with UN planners each day , there remained confusion as to who was in charge and no single group had organized relief efforts as of 16 January . The government handed over control of the airport to the United States to hasten and ease flight operations , which had been hampered by the damage to the air traffic control tower . 
 President Préval and government ministers used police headquarters near the Toussaint L 'Ouverture International Airport as their new base of operations , although their effectiveness was extremely limited ; several parliamentarians <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> still trapped in the Presidential Palace , and offices and records <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> been destroyed . Some high @-@ ranking government workers lost family members , or had to tend to wounded relatives . Although the president and his remaining cabinet<a href='been_done' title='3'><mark></mark></a> met with UN planners each day , <a href='dey_it' title='4'><mark>there</mark></a> remained confusion as to who was in charge and no single group <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> organized relief efforts as of 16 January . The government handed over control of the airport to the United States to hasten and ease flight operations , which <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>had</mark></a> been hampered by the damage to the air traffic control tower . 
President Préval and government ministers used police headquarters near the Toussaint L 'Ouverture International Airport as their new base of operations , although their effectiveness was extremely limited ; several parliamentarians was still trapped in the Presidential Palace , and offices and records done been destroyed . sum high @-@ ranking government workers lost fam members , or had to tend to wounded relatives . Although the president and his remaining cabinet been met with UN planners each day , it remained confusion as to who was in charge and no single group done organized relief efforts as of 16 January . The government handed over control of the airport to the United States to hasten and ease flight operations , which done been hampered by the damage to da air traffic control tower .