WSJ update to the story: Pentagon is moving additional marines, warships to the Middle East
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- Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from US Central Command, for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit, typically consisting of several warships and 5,000 Marines, officials said.
- USS Tripoli and its attached Marines are now headed for the Middle East, two of the officials said.
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