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How the U.S. is responding to the coup in Niger

Evacuation flights out of Niger began arriving in Paris and Rome Wednesday morning with 21 Americans among the evacuees. More evacuation flights from the West African country are expected following last week's coup overthrowing Niger's president. Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the State Department, joined CBS News to talk about what the United States is doing in the aftermath of the coup.
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