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Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Re-tasked to CENTCOM AOR + Report: US Preparing for Weeks Long Campaign Against Iran + US & Iran to Meet in Geneva Next Week + Russia & Ukraine to Meet in Geneva Next Week

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1. Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), its escorts and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 have been tasked from their current position in the Caribbean to the Middle East to support a U.S. naval buildup in the region.

2. Asked Friday about potential regime change in Iran, US President Donald Trump said, “it seems like that would be the best thing that could happen,” as he confirmed sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East “in case we don’t make a deal” with the Islamic Republic.

3. US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to intensify…

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