US sending third aircraft carrier and up to 10,000 more troops to Middle East, WSJ reports

The US is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group — the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which sailed from San Diego on Sunday — plus the USS Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group carrying Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, adding 9,000-10,000 troops to the Middle East, WSJ reports. More than 50,000 US troops are already deployed in the region.

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