Possibly not based upon this paragraph:
“The Stennis group deployed from Bremerton in late August and had entered the Navy 5th Fleet’s area of operations in the Middle East on Oct. 17 after sailing across the Pacific. The Stennis made port visits in Thailand and Malaysia on its way to the Middle East.”
No mention if it is in the Med or somewhere near the Persian Gulf, which is also the Middle East
I believe the Stennis is in the Arabian Sea. At the time of the Benghazi event, there were no carriers in the Mediterranean.
It would help to know if the Stennis was in the Med or the Persian Gulf on 9 Sep 2012.