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The Pentagon is moving an aircraft carrier already deployed in the Mediterranean Sea closer to Turkey in the latest response of U.S. military forces to earthquakes that have killed thousands of people in the region, a Defense Department spokesman said Wednesday. The USS George H.W. Bush, a Nimitz-class super carrier, has begun sailing toward Turkey to help in the massive recovery effort, if Turkish officials ask for the additional aid, Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon’s top spokesman, told reporters at the Pentagon.