Ford Joins Middle East Deployment as Trump Presses Iran on Nuclear Deal

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The Trump administration extended the USS Gerald R. Ford’s deployment and sent the carrier to the Middle East to press Iran for a new nuclear deal, a move occurring as the ship has been at sea for months and will cross the Atlantic again despite Navy warnings that it needs maintenance.
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- US sending second aircraft carrier group to Middle East, sources say CNN
- U.S. Is Sending Its Largest Warship to the Middle East The Wall Street Journal
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