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Pentagon Deploying Ships, Fighters to Boost Mideast Presence
The Pentagon is bolstering its presence in the Middle East with ships, fighter planes and ballistic missile defense vessels as Israel faces threats from Iran to avenge assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. The moves announced Friday by the Defense Department came a day after the White House said President Joe Biden promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would provide new “defensive US military deployments.” The deployments include sending additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the US European and Central Command regions, Sabrina Singh, a Pentagon ... (full story)