US sending third 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, plus the USS Makin Island amphibious group with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines, adding 9,000-10,000 troops to the Middle East, WSJ reports. The Pentagon is planning a potential three-carrier deployment of nearly 20,000 troops and up to 150 fighter jets, the Washington Post reports.

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