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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Ike to re-deploy Thursday after two months in port

USS Eisenhower |Two months after returning from the Middle East, the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its strike group are scheduled to head back Thursday for another several months in the Persian Gulf.

The deployment comes amid uncertainty as Navy officials grapple with the prospect of deep budget cuts.

The deployment of another Norfolk-based carrier, the Harry S. Truman, was canceled earlier this month as part of the belt-tightening.

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