The Pentagon says a Greek ship called the Orient Queen has been contracted to begin evacuating other Americans, under the protection of a U.S. warship.

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The law does not allow, for example, the Pentagon to keep funding going for a ship building program by shifting money being spent on a military golf course.

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In fact, the Pentagon is reportedly going to deploy an Aegis ship to the waters off Israel in the near future.

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In a separate incident Wednesday, the Coast Guard intercepted a ship off the coast of Haiti and transferred about 125 Haitians to Coast Guard vessels, a Pentagon official said.

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