US sends third aircraft carrier to Middle East amid stalemate in Iran war

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The US military is dispatching a third aircraft carrier strike group, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, along with an amphibious attack group to the Middle East as President Trump warned of potential new strikes against Iran. This deployment brings the US naval presence to an unusually high number of over 20,000 sailors and Marines, underscoring the evolving dynamics of the conflict as midterm elections approach.

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Deployment underscores evolving complexity of Trump’s war against Iran as US midterm elections loomThe US military is dispatching a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, as President Donald Trump warned new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon. The deployment, which includes a specialist amphibious attack group, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump’s war against Iran as midterm elections in the US loom large.

US sends third aircraft carrier to Middle East amid stalemate in Iran war

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