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Geopolitics•October 2, 2026

Daily Memo: US Sends More Assets to Middle East

Middle East reinforcement. The United States is reportedly sending 9,000 troops (including 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines) and the USS Theodore Roosevelt

Daily Memo: US Sends More Assets to Middle East

Middle East reinforcement. The United States is reportedly sending 9,000 troops (including 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines) and the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group to the Middle East. With this new deployment, the U.S. will have three carriers and 20,000 sailors and Marines in the region by the end of October. The U.S. military […]

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