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U.S. troops on alert over deteriorating Libyan security

As security crumbles in the Libyan capital, the Marines have moved about 200 infantrymen and eight aircraft to a forward base in Sicily. The troops have been placed on a two-hour alert in case the State Department orders an evacuation of Americans from Tripoli. David Martin reports.
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