US sending military assets to Middle East as Trump weighs Iran strike, sources say
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Amid rising tensions with Iran, the U.S. is deploying military assets to the Middle East. The movement includes at least one aircraft carrier, potentially the USS Abraham Lincoln or one of two others recently departed from Norfolk and San Diego. Additional air, land, and sea military resources are also expected to be deployed to the region in the coming days and weeks. The purpose of this build-up is to provide the president with military options should he decide to authorize strikes against Iran. Transit for the naval assets is estimated to take at least a week.
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