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Austin visits aircraft carrier Nimitz; weighs warship needs in Pacific, Mideast
Standing in the ship’s hangar bay, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he will make a decision soon on whether to send a carrier back to the Middle East, where the Nimitz had been.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press