The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) has moved from the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea in case its air wing is called upon to strike Syria. The USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) had arrived in the Arabian Sea to relieve the Nimitz, though both will remain in the area due to ongoing tensions. In addition to the other ships which make up the battle groups of both carriers, four Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyers are in the eastern Mediterranean Sea - the ships involved are the USS Barry (DDG 52), USS Gravely (DDG 107), USS Mahan (DDG 72) and USS Ramage (DDG 61). It is also likely there are submarines in the area with both the latter and destroyers available to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles at Syria. President Barack Obama has called for a limited strike on Syria and requested a vote by Congress on this when it returns from recess on September 9. Obama was urging action in response to the chemical weapons attack near Damascus on August 21, which the US believes was carried out by the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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