Pentagon to present White House with plans to deploy up to 10K troops to Middle East: report
By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 05/22/19 06:18 PM EDT
The Pentagon is set to present the White House with a request to deploy 10,000 troops to the Middle East, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
The move is reportedly to counter threats posed by Iran.
Officials told AP it’s not clear if the White House will approve sending all or just some of the requested forces.
A spokesperson for the DoD did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
The reported proposal comes amid a spike in U.S.-Iranian tensions.
The Trump administration earlier this month deployed bombers and an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf in response to unspecified threats from Iran.
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