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(FILES) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, a Nimitz Class nuclear aircraft carrier, is commissioned in a ceremony in this January 10, 2009 file photo at the Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia. The United States has ordered an aircraft carrier into the Gulf in response to the crisis in Iraq, the Pentagon said on June 14, 2014. "The order will provide the commander-in-chief additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq," Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said. Ordered by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the move comes amid calls for air strikes to blunt a lightning offensive by Sunni Islamic militants that threatens Baghdad and the country's Shiite-led government. AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN/FILES
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Norfolk, Virginia, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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TIM SLOAN |
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14 Iunie 2014 |
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2832 x 4256 (1.19 MB) |
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