Shea Levin — text status

🇺🇸 ESCALATION: The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and USS Makin Island amphibious group, carrying the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are heading to the Middle East and are expected to arrive by the end of November. The deployment would add roughly 10,000 sailors and Marines as President Trump says renewed strikes on Iran remain possible after the November 3 midterm elections.