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U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in Persian Gulf amid turmoil

A small flotilla of ships led by the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier arrived in the Persian Gulf to carry out strikes in Iraq if ordered by the president. The strikes would be designed to break the momentum of the Sunni militias surging through northern Iraq. David Martin reports.
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