U.S. Pentagon to Spend as Much as $80 Million on Aid to Japan
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The U.S. Defense Department said it expects to spend as much as $80 million in humanitarian assistance for Japan.
U.S. Navy ships and helicopters have been involved in rescue efforts following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan’s Tohoku region on March 11 and crippled the Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.