U.S. to evacuate Americans out of Japan

Voluntary evacuation offered to family members and dependents of U.S. personnel

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Mar 17, 2011

WASHINGTON — The United States has authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, taking a tougher stand on the deepening nuclear crisis and warning U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to any part of the country as unpredictable weather and wind conditions risked spreading radioactive contamination.
The U.S. is doing minute-by-minute analysis of the fast-moving situation, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday.

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