The US is deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region in response to 'troubling' warnings from Iran, the White House says
The US is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region in response to"troubling" warnings from Iran, the White House announced Sunday.
A statement from US national security adviser John Bolton reads,"In response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings, the United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.
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