The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon has told a second aircraft carrier strike group to prepare for deployment to the Middle East as the U.S. weighs a potential attack on Iran.
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President Trump has not yet formally ordered the deployment, with the USS Abraham Lincoln already operating in the region.
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Officials said the Pentagon could be ready to deploy the carrier within weeks, and that the order could come on short notice.
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The deployment would mark the first time in nearly a year that two U.S. aircraft carriers are positioned in the Middle East.
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