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October 24, 2013 - 08:30   ET   BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON
CORRESPONDENT: The oil supply vessel is one of the ships that
constantly moves amongst the offshore oil platforms, resupplying
them. The reports now, which the U.S. military says it is aware
of and is monitoring, are that the captain and the chief
engineer, both said to be American citizens, were taken off the
ship. This is very rough territory out there off the coast of
Nigeria. There have been a number of pirate attacks. A very
violent area. So a matter of great concern. We know now that the
U.S. military, the State Department, the Obama administration
monitoring all of this, trying to determine exactly what has
transpired.   CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: All right, a very dicey
situation. Barbara, we know you'll stay