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US Readies Earthquake Relief Response
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama sent condolences to the people of Japan on Friday and said the United States stood ready to help its close ally in the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami.
The U.S. Defense Department was preparing American forces in the Pacific to provide relief after the earthquake, which generated a tsunami that headed across the Pacific Ocean toward Hawaii and the west coast of the U.S. mainland.
Hundreds of people were killed in Japan, and the death toll was expected to rise.
"The friendship and alliance between our two nations is unshakable, and only strengthens our resolve to stand with the people of Japan as they overcome this tragedy," Obama said in a statement.
His chief of staff, Bill Daley, awakened the president to tell him about the earthquake at about 4 a.m. EST.
The U.S. military effort included at least six U.S. Navy ships, although defense officials had not yet received a request for assistance from the Japanese government, Pentagon spokeswoman Navy Commander Leslie Hullryde said.
"We are positioning our forces so we are ready to respond and provide disaster relief, if requested," she said.
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As when Pakistan was hit with devastating floods and as when the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated many countries' shorelines, the United States is ready to respond with humanitarian aid without condition. Taking the posts of idiots on Facebook as a representation of the reaction of the American people is as stupid as blaming the Americans for attacking themselves on 9/11.
Do you believe that 1 million of Iraqis deserved to die?