
The United States has ordered an
aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush,
into the
Gulf in response to the crisis in Iraq, the
Pentagon said Saturday. "The order will provide the commander-in-chief additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq," Rear Admiral John Kirby, the
Pentagon spokesman, said. US President Barack Obama said Friday the United States would **t send in US ground troops but that he was weighing all other options.
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