The Pentagon sends a third strike group to the Middle East with the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt

The Pentagon is sending a third strike group to the Middle East centered on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and additional Marine Corps ships: the move, reports the Wall Street Journal, will lead to the arrival of an additional contingent of between 9,000 and 10,000 personnel in the region, just as President Donald Trump evaluates the possibility of resuming attacks against Iran after the mid-term elections. The ships, fighters, Marines and Navy personnel will arrive in the area by the end of November, officials cited anonymously as saying.