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upi.com Deployment of a Patriot missile battery and F-16 fighter jets to Jordan was approved over the weekend, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said.<\/p>\n Delivery of the weaponry, as part of a multinational training exercise, was approved by U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, CNN said Monday, noting a broader message is being sent.<\/p>\n \u201cIn order to enhance the defensive posture and capacity of Jordan, some of these assets may remain beyond the exercise at the request of the government of Jordan,\u201d said Lt. Col. T.G. Taylor, a spokesman at the U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Monday, June 3, 2013 at 3:08 pm<\/p>\n Tags: foreign affairs<\/a>, war<\/a><\/p>\n
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