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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) needs to check this out, ASAP.
The helicopter assault ship Kearsarge, IS in the region. Americans were lied to, again and again----we were told Kearsage was not available to help endangered Americans in Benghazi. And those 500 Marines and their tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft on standby could have reached Benghazi in no time.
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REFERENCE----MILITARY.COM reported that the U.S. would need Gen al-Sisi's approval to move through Egyptian air space if Washington decided to send Marines to aid in the evacuation of U.S. personnel due to cataclysmic events happening in Egypt.
MILITARY. COM reported there are about 550 Marines and their tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft at bases in Spain and Italy on standby, if they are needed. A Navy Amphibious Ready Group with 4,000 Marines and sailors aboard, led by the helicopter assault ship Kearsarge, was also in the region