State department officials are declining to estimate how much the federal government is paying to transport Americans home from war-torn Beirut.

Citizens will not have to reimburse the government for transportation from Beirut to Cyprus and Turkey ? most aboard helicopters and cargo ships ? and from there to the U.S. on chartered flights. About 1,900 Americans arrived in “repatriation centers” set up in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Atlanta airports Monday, and more are expected through Wednesday, Maryland emergency officials said.

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