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Search results for "US deploys third aircraft carrier to Middle East"

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Tom Bossert stated on September 11, 2017 in a White House press briefing:
The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."
By Allison Graves• September 14, 2017
Bernie Sanders stated on November 19, 2015 in a speech at Georgetown University:
"Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen."
By Linda Qiu• November 24, 2015
Lindsey Graham stated on October 05, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."
By Lauren Carroll• October 5, 2014
Viral image stated on October 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows U.S. Navy pilots arriving in Palestine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 13, 2023
Brett McGurk stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance:
"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
By Bill McCarthy• October 22, 2019
Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"100 Sailors at sea. All vaxxed. All with COVID (seven) weeks following deployment."
By Andy Nguyen• August 19, 2021
Akbar Al Baker stated on March 16, 2015 in an interview:
The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.
By Nancy Badertscher• May 19, 2015
Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."  
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2014
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire:
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 20, 2023
Scott Peters stated on April 24, 2017 in a news article:
The estimated price of President Trump’s border wall is the same as the cost of "one and a half aircraft carriers."
By Chris Nichols• April 28, 2017
Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2018 in a press conference after the NATO summit:
"The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn• July 12, 2018
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2017 in a statement on the White House website:
"Our Navy has shrunk from more than 500 ships in 1991 to 275 in 2016."
By Amy Sherman• January 20, 2017
Marco Rubio stated on April 25, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit:
The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."
By Amy Sherman• May 5, 2015
Social Media stated on March 01, 2026 in social media posts:
Videos show Iranian missiles struck and damaged the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 2, 2026
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2016 in Dallas fundraiser:
The U.S. has to go to "plane graveyards" and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.
By Filipa Ioannou• July 23, 2016
Chain email stated on April 04, 2014 in a chain email:
This is the first time since World War II that five nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were docked together.
By Elizabeth Meyer• April 4, 2014
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
By Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2015
Michael Sullivan stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail blast:
"If you printed a $1 bill for the entirety of the $14.1 trillion national debt, the resulting pile of money would weigh more than 136 aircraft carriers."
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2011
Threads posts stated on October 03, 2024 in a Threads post:
The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”
By Sofia Ahmed• October 9, 2024
TikTok posts stated on October 10, 2023 in a TikTok post:
“Thousands of U.S. troops make their way to Israel” in video.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 18, 2023

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