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U.S. Coast Guard and military ships heading toward Haiti

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Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser of the U.S. Southern Command said a number of U.S. Coast Guard and military ships in the region are moving toward Haiti, among them the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. He said the Vinson, carrying a number of helicopters, will arrive in the area Thursday afternoon.

He said the condition of the Port-au-Prince airport remains a problem. Though some flights are arriving, the airport’s tower and operational capacity is “limited.â€

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One senior State Department official described the earthquake as having landed a “body blow†to Haiti, an impoverished country under enormous stress in the most peaceful of times. The official said the trauma from the earthquake raises the possibility of a wave of immigration.

-- Paul Richter in Washington


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Paul Richter

Paul Richter covered the State Department and foreign policy for the Los Angeles Times out of its Washington, D.C., bureau. He previously covered the Pentagon, the White House and, from New York City, the financial industry. He was raised in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., and graduated from Clark University. He left The Times in 2015.

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