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Article: US DOD: Carrier battle group deployments in support of NATO.
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- April 5, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 April 1999-US DOD: Carrier battle group deployments in support of NATO (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen today directed a number of deployments that will further increase U.S. support to NATO Operation Allied Force over Yugoslavia while maintaining carrier-based air support for operations in Southwest Asia over Iraq. The deployments also take into account the long-standing U.S. military commitment in the western Pacific.
Cohen ordered the USS Theodore Roosevelt battle group to remain in the Mediterranean and support Operation Allied Force. In addition to the USS Theodore ...