State Department says new system would ease adoptions by Washington families . Before the quake , 380,000 children in Haiti were classified as orphans , Landrieu said , quoting figures from the United Nations , which defines an orphan as someone who has lost one parent . Focus would be on children orphaned in quake , Sen. Bill says . Mary Landrieu would set up State Department office on adoption issues . `` The old regular bureaucracy is not going to work , '' State Department says .
State Department says new system would ease adoptions by Washington families . Focus would be on children orphaned in quake , Sen. Bill says . Mary Landrieu would set up State Department office on adoption issues . `` The old regular bureaucracy is not going to work , '' State Department says .