US Shifts One of Two Aircraft Carriers Away from Middle East

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups deployed to the Middle East in part to deter Iran from carrying out a threatened attack against Israel has departed the region, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

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