USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible help with Syria

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The USS Nimitz, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier which is currently supplemented by biofuel, sails about 150 miles north of the island of Oahu during the RIMPAC Naval exercises off Hawaii July 18,2012. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry

By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON | Sun Sep 1, 2013 6:49pm EDT

(Reuters) - The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria , if needed, defense officials said on Sunday.

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